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00:00:05On our wedding day, my chosen mate Cole left and took my illegitimate sister Alara from her wedding

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

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

00:00:17The whole pack was waiting to watch me and Ronan become a joke.

00:00:21A general's daughter and an Alpha King both rejected on the same night.

00:00:25But the next day, Ronan came to my door, dragging chests of gold and jewels behind him.

00:00:30A debt is a debt. Cole stole my bride, so he owes me his.

00:00:35I want you as my mate. That's fair, isn't it?

00:00:39I'll marry you. He clearly hadn't expected me to agree to something so absurd.

00:00:46That's what you said. I'll come for you in three days. Don't you dare change your mind.

00:00:56He wasn't nearly as reckless as the rumors claimed.

00:00:58If anything, he was a little endearing.

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

00:01:07Halfway through, Cole came back. He was holding Alara, and this time she didn't bother hiding it.

00:01:13She lifted her dress to show off her six-month pregnant belly.

00:01:18So they'd been sneaking around behind my back for at least six months. Disgusting.

00:01:24Cole, you're standing here with your six-month pregnant mate.

00:01:28What could you possibly want now?

00:01:30Nova, I didn't want it to be this way.

00:01:32But Alara is gentle, and she's my fated mate.

00:01:35She's carrying my child.

00:01:36I couldn't just watch her get thrown to that reckless playboy of an Alpha King.

00:01:43I'm a strong Alpha. How could I let my fainted mate suffer a marriage like that?

00:01:48And yet he could watch me, and the entire Draven family become the pack's laughingstock without blinking.

00:01:53The moment he stormed that ceremony, whatever we had was already over.

00:01:57Then that settles it. Our wedding is off.

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

00:02:04Even if I marry her, it won't change anything between us.

00:02:06I've already decided. You'll marry me too.

00:02:09You'll be my Luna as well.

00:02:10Two Lunas?

00:02:11Since when has our pack ever allowed that?

00:02:15You swore to the Moon Goddessy.

00:02:17You said you would be loyal to me.

00:02:19And only me.

00:02:20I did.

00:02:21I chose you as my mate because I needed someone fit to be my Luna.

00:02:25You were never more than my chosen mate, Nova.

00:02:27But when I met Alara, I realized she's my fated mate.

00:02:32Nothing in this world compares to her.

00:02:34I looked at Alara, who was still stroking her belly, making sure everyone saw it.

00:02:39You knew he already had a mate.

00:02:42So why did you run from your own wedding?

00:02:44Why choose to be someone's mistress instead?

00:02:46Alara's eyes welled up instantly.

00:02:51You're so harsh with me.

00:02:53Alpha Cole just didn't want me to suffer.

00:02:55That's all he did.

00:02:56He saved me.

00:02:58Are you...

00:02:58Are you just jealous?

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

00:03:06An illegitimate daughter really doesn't know how to carry herself in front of others, does she?

00:03:12Alara's face crumbled instantly.

00:03:13She burst into tears, burying herself against Cole's chest.

00:03:19Nova, how could you say something like that to her?

00:03:22Look what you've done.

00:03:23You've made her cry.

00:03:24He held Alara tighter, glaring at me, as if I were the one in the wrong.

00:03:28Alara is so kind-hearted.

00:03:31Once you marry in, she won't make things hard for you.

00:03:34I know it's a step down, but you'll just have to accept being my second Luna for now.

00:03:38You and Alara will both be my Lunas.

00:03:40As long as you fulfill your duties, I won't play favorites.

00:03:44Oh, and what exactly are these duties?

00:03:48You'll raise our children, and you'll still manage the pack's daily affairs.

00:03:52Your standing in the pack won't be affected at all.

00:03:54So you want two Lunas?

00:03:55One to sleep beside you, and one to obediently raise your children and handle your chores?

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

00:04:03I almost admired him for having the nerve to say it out loud.

00:04:08I'd advise you to cherish what's already been arranged for you.

00:04:11This is already the best outcome you're going to get.

00:04:13Cole stepped forward, his tone softening, as if he were doing me a favor.

00:04:18Nova, Alara has already sacrificed so much.

00:04:21Just agreed to be Luna alongside her.

00:04:26She doesn't need to sacrifice anything at all, because I will never agree.

00:04:31We're done.

00:04:33What did you just say?

00:04:35The pack members were already whispering among themselves.

00:04:38Is she out of her mind?

00:04:39She actually wants to leave Alpha Cole?

00:04:41If she leaves the pack, she won't survive a week out there.

00:04:47You're really making this difficult for me, Nova.

00:04:50I almost laughed.

00:04:51Who turned me into the pack's laughingstock?

00:04:53And now he had the nerve to say I was the one making things difficult.

00:04:58I told you, I will never be your second Luna.

00:05:02He raised his hand and struck me hard across the face.

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

00:05:08Everyone knows you've clung to me since childhood.

00:05:10I've had my fill of you for years.

00:05:12Do you really think anyone else would want you now?

00:05:14Get out of my house!

00:05:18Good.

00:05:19Let her go.

00:05:20Don't let her take a single thing with her.

00:05:21So you want me dead?

00:05:23And you want to take everything I own?

00:05:24My whole body was shaking with fury.

00:05:27Behind me, Cole's pack members roared in unison.

00:05:29Reject that bitch!

00:05:32Rotten vegetables and eggs flew through the air,

00:05:35striking my back, my shoulders, the ground at my feet.

00:05:37I knew, in that moment, that the Cole who once looked at me

00:05:40like I was the center of his world,

00:05:42the one who couldn't bear to see me suffer even the smallest slight,

00:05:45was already dead.

00:05:46What stood in front of me now was nothing more than Alara's mate.

00:05:49But it doesn't matter.

00:05:50Luckily, I already have a new, much better mate

00:05:52who could crush them in seconds.

00:05:54And soon, we would be married.

00:05:56Ronan didn't give me any time to change my mind.

00:05:59The very next day,

00:06:00the Draven family came to formally propose,

00:06:03carrying 108 chests of betrothal gifts,

00:06:06filling my room to the brim.

00:06:08I was just about to have the servants move everything into storage

00:06:11when Cole walked in,

00:06:13Alara trailing behind him.

00:06:16Seeing the chests piled everywhere,

00:06:18the two of them clearly jumped to their own conclusion.

00:06:20Sister, is this all your dowry?

00:06:23I knew it.

00:06:24You're marrying Alpha Cole, after all.

00:06:26And you're even throwing in all of this on top of it.

00:06:29See, and you kept saying you weren't.

00:06:30Oh, Nova.

00:06:31You really are in love with me.

00:06:33I frowned, denying it immediately.

00:06:35It's not what you think.

00:06:36Stop pretending.

00:06:37Yesterday, you said you weren't marrying me.

00:06:39And now you've already got your dowry ready.

00:06:42That's right, Nova.

00:06:43Once you marry in, we'll all be one family.

00:06:46Alpha Cole, didn't you also prepare a gift for Nova?

00:06:50Hurry, give it to me.

00:06:51As she reached for him,

00:06:52something caught the light and flickered past my eyes.

00:06:54A necklace, resting against her collarbone.

00:06:57The Cole family kept an heirloom necklace,

00:06:59passed down for generations,

00:07:01always meant for the family's future Luna.

00:07:03I had hinted at it, asked about it,

00:07:04more times than I could count over the years.

00:07:06He always found some excuse to avoid the subject,

00:07:09never once willing to give it to me.

00:07:11Cole scowled and dug something out from inside his coat,

00:07:14a worn, cracked leather bracelet, and tossed it at me.

00:07:19Here, this is for you.

00:07:21Alara wore it until it fell apart,

00:07:23but you can still use it.

00:07:25What goes around comes around, doesn't it, sister?

00:07:28You used to look down on me.

00:07:29Now, all you get to have is what I've already worn out.

00:07:33The moment brought me back to the first time we ever met

00:07:36at a family banquet

00:07:37because she was nothing more than an legitimate daughter.

00:07:40My family, even the servants, treated her like a maid.

00:07:43When she accidentally spilled wine on someone,

00:07:45she was struck across the face without a second thought.

00:07:48Cole couldn't stand watching it happen

00:07:49and stepped in to help her.

00:07:51After that, afraid she'd be mistreated again,

00:07:54he started looking out for her,

00:07:55always saving the best food,

00:07:56the best gifts, for her first.

00:07:58I just feel bad for her, that's all.

00:08:00I only want to help her.

00:08:01At first, I believed him.

00:08:02I thought it really was just pity.

00:08:04Not until the day Elyra was forced to marry Ronan

00:08:06and Cole stormed the ceremony to steal her away.

00:08:09That was when I finally understood.

00:08:11Somewhere along the way, without my ever noticing,

00:08:14Elyra had already carved out a place in his heart.

00:08:18So generous with Elyra, so stingy with me.

00:08:22No need.

00:08:23Something this precious should stay with your Elyra.

00:08:27Cole's face darkened instantly.

00:08:30Humiliated, he snatched the bracelet out of my hand

00:08:32and hurled it out the window.

00:08:35Fine.

00:08:36If you don't want it, then it's trash.

00:08:38And don't you dare think you're taking a single thing from me

00:08:41when you get married.

00:08:42I told you.

00:08:43Our wedding has already been called off.

00:08:45Say that again?

00:08:50Huh.

00:08:51Leave Alpha Cole,

00:08:52and nobody's ever going to want you.

00:08:54You'll come crawling back,

00:08:56begging him not to let you go.

00:08:58I didn't even bother explaining anymore.

00:09:01If the two of you have nothing else,

00:09:03please leave.

00:09:04But clearly,

00:09:05neither of them took my words seriously.

00:09:08Nova,

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

00:09:11I know you're upset with me.

00:09:13If it makes you feel better,

00:09:14why don't you hit me a couple times?

00:09:18Get off.

00:09:19Don't touch me.

00:09:19The moment my hand left her arm,

00:09:21Allara let herself go loom,

00:09:22collapsing softly into Cole's chest as if struck.

00:09:25Cole's eyes flared red.

00:09:26Do not touch her.

00:09:27She is carrying my child.

00:09:28His fingers began to shift,

00:09:30claws tearing through skin,

00:09:32dark and sharp.

00:09:33He struck.

00:09:35In all the years Cole and I had known each other,

00:09:38grown up together,

00:09:38he had never once shifted his claws against me.

00:09:41Not once.

00:09:42And the first time he finally did,

00:09:44it was for another woman.

00:09:45For a moment,

00:09:46Cole hesitated.

00:09:47He looked down at the blood running down my arm.

00:09:51But Allara saw her chance.

00:09:55She let out a sharp,

00:09:56sudden cry,

00:09:57clutching her belly,

00:09:58and begged him to take her away immediately.

00:10:01After a moment of hesitation,

00:10:03Cole scooped her up into his arms

00:10:06and walked out without looking back.

00:10:08Allara glanced back over his shoulder.

00:10:13Die alone?

00:10:14Funny.

00:10:15I was getting married in three days.

00:10:18The day before my wedding,

00:10:19fell on the moon festival,

00:10:21the one day a year I had always loved the most.

00:10:23Every year before this one,

00:10:25Cole had always come with me to buy crystal lanterns.

00:10:28This year, for the first time,

00:10:29I went alone.

00:10:30When I stepped into Silvermoon City,

00:10:32the entire street stood empty.

00:10:34Every vendor had been pushed aside,

00:10:36their tolls cleared to the edges of the road.

00:10:38Confused,

00:10:39I slowed my steps

00:10:40and caught the voices of two young women nearby.

00:10:42I heard Alpha Cole bought out

00:10:44every single crystal lantern on this street

00:10:45just to make his mate happy.

00:10:47That's not even half of it.

00:10:48He went against the entire Elder Council for her.

00:10:50Exactly.

00:10:51He even angered the young lord

00:10:52and forced his own Nova into being a concuboon,

00:10:54just for her.

00:10:55I'd howl at the moon alone for a year

00:10:57for someone that devoted.

00:10:58I turned to leave,

00:10:59having no reason to stay any longer.

00:11:01Nova?

00:11:02I turned instinctively,

00:11:03and there they were,

00:11:05Cole and Allara,

00:11:06standing not far away.

00:11:09Nova?

00:11:10Are you here to buy crystal lanterns too?

00:11:15How's your shoulder?

00:11:16I pushed his hand away,

00:11:17without a shred of warmth in my voice.

00:11:19It's fine.

00:11:20Allara held the lantern out towards me.

00:11:22I'm sorry, Nova.

00:11:24Alpha Cole bought out every lantern on this street.

00:11:26Here, why don't you take this one?

00:11:28No, thank you.

00:11:29I stepped back.

00:11:31I never made a habit of using anything

00:11:32someone else had already touched.

00:11:34Not objects.

00:11:35Not people.

00:11:36But Allara wouldn't let it go.

00:11:38She kept crowding closer,

00:11:39refusing to back off.

00:11:41I only meant to push her away,

00:11:42barely any force behind it at all.

00:11:44But Allara clutched at her dress

00:11:45and threw herself backward,

00:11:47dramatically,

00:11:47collapsing onto the ground.

00:11:49Cole!

00:11:50Nova's trying to kill our baby!

00:11:52Cole's face twisted with fury

00:11:54the instant he saw her on the ground.

00:11:56He shoved me,

00:11:57hard,

00:11:57without a second of hesitation.

00:11:58How dare you do this!

00:12:00Kneel down and apologize to her!

00:12:02Right now!

00:12:03It happened too fast.

00:12:04I had no chance to brace myself

00:12:06before I hit the ground,

00:12:07forced down onto my knees.

00:12:11And then,

00:12:12a voice,

00:12:13low,

00:12:14deep,

00:12:14carrying and pressed down

00:12:15on the entire street,

00:12:16cut through the air behind me.

00:12:18Who dares touch my mate?

00:12:20I turned around.

00:12:21A massive black wolf shadow

00:12:22hung suspended in the air

00:12:23above the street,

00:12:24its presence so overwhelming

00:12:26it seemed to swallow

00:12:27the light around it whole.

00:12:29That's,

00:12:30that's the Alpha King's

00:12:31Nightfall Wolf.

00:12:31Why,

00:12:32why is it here?

00:12:32The black shadow slowly faded,

00:12:34dissolving into the night air

00:12:36until it was gone completely.

00:12:37Cole and Elyra stood there

00:12:38for a moment,

00:12:39trying to comfort each other.

00:12:42You don't think

00:12:43he's come back for you,

00:12:44do you?

00:12:44Elyra's face drained

00:12:45of color instantly,

00:12:46panic flooding her eyes.

00:12:47Confidence they'd carried

00:12:48a moment Begore was gone.

00:12:50The two of them

00:12:50slipped away quickly.

00:12:52I kept walking alone,

00:12:54the mood of the night

00:12:54thoroughly ruined.

00:12:56Without warning,

00:12:56a hand grabbed me

00:12:57and pulled me into a narrow alley.

00:12:58I tensed instantly,

00:12:59already bracing to fight back.

00:13:01I looked up.

00:13:01It was Ronan.

00:13:02I followed you

00:13:03the whole way.

00:13:04Watching you get pushed

00:13:05around like that,

00:13:05it put me in a foul mood.

00:13:08And why did you follow me?

00:13:10I,

00:13:11I'm marrying you tomorrow.

00:13:12I was too excited

00:13:13to sleep at all.

00:13:15I'm nothing but

00:13:16a rejected Luna,

00:13:17you know.

00:13:17A general's daughter

00:13:18who's never even had

00:13:19a wolf of her own,

00:13:20let alone a faded mate.

00:13:21Just don't come

00:13:22to regret this.

00:13:24I won't.

00:13:25He pulled me closer,

00:13:27gently drawing me

00:13:27toward the curve of his neck.

00:13:29As I leaned in,

00:13:30close enough to feel

00:13:31the warmth of his skin,

00:13:32something strange

00:13:33stirred inside me.

00:13:34A scent,

00:13:35faint,

00:13:36unfamiliar,

00:13:36and yet impossibly familiar

00:13:38all at once

00:13:38wrapped around me.

00:13:40Why,

00:13:41why was his scent

00:13:42pulling at me like this?

00:13:43Why couldn't I resist it?

00:13:44I pulled back sharply.

00:13:46Are you my...

00:13:48Ronan seemed thrown off

00:13:50by the way I was staring at him.

00:13:52I'll see you tomorrow,

00:13:54my Luna.

00:13:55The next morning,

00:13:56the maids woked me early,

00:13:58dressing me,

00:13:59styling my hair,

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

00:14:02That was when it finally felt real.

00:14:04I was really getting married.

00:14:05Only this time,

00:14:06the groom waiting for me

00:14:07wasn't Cole,

00:14:08the childhood companion

00:14:09I had spent years hoping for.

00:14:10It was Alpha King Ronan.

00:14:12When the wedding procession

00:14:13finally arrived,

00:14:14I froze.

00:14:15Leading it was Cole.

00:14:17He saw me standing there,

00:14:18in my full wedding attire,

00:14:19and his expression

00:14:20twisted instantly.

00:14:23How dare you dress

00:14:24more beautiful

00:14:25than Alara did

00:14:26on her wedding day.

00:14:27You're nothing

00:14:27but a chosen mate.

00:14:29I'm here today

00:14:29to take my second Luna.

00:14:31Go change.

00:14:32Right now.

00:14:33I didn't back down

00:14:34for a second.

00:14:34I've told you this

00:14:35more than once.

00:14:36Our wedding is off.

00:14:37The man I'm marrying today

00:14:39isn't you.

00:14:41Don't throw a fight

00:14:42over this.

00:14:43You're both my Lunas.

00:14:44I'll treat you equally.

00:14:45Come with me, okay?

00:14:50Ronan rode in

00:14:50at the head

00:14:51of the procession,

00:14:52an endless line

00:14:52of carriages

00:14:53trailing behind him,

00:14:54each one loaded

00:14:55with gold, jewels,

00:14:56treasures beyond counting.

00:14:57His gaze landed on Cole

00:14:59and on the pitiful

00:15:00procession behind him,

00:15:01fewer than 20 people

00:15:02in total.

00:15:05Well, well.

00:15:06Alpha Cole.

00:15:07Trying to steal

00:15:07my wife again?

00:15:22On our wedding day,

00:15:23my chosen mate Cole left

00:15:24and took my illegitimate sister

00:15:26Alara from her wedding

00:15:27because he didn't want her

00:15:28to marry the pack's

00:15:29infamous playboy,

00:15:30Alpha King Ronan.

00:15:31Alira's moans and screams

00:15:33ringing out through the pack.

00:15:34The whole pack was waiting

00:15:35to watch me and Ronan

00:15:36become a joke.

00:15:37A general's daughter

00:15:38and an Alpha King

00:15:39both rejected

00:15:40on the same night.

00:15:41But the next day,

00:15:42Ronan came to my door,

00:15:44dragging chests of gold

00:15:45and jewels behind him.

00:15:47A debt is a debt.

00:15:49Cole stole my bride,

00:15:50so he owes me his.

00:15:51I want you as my mate.

00:15:53That's fair, isn't it?

00:15:55I'll marry you.

00:15:56He clearly hadn't expected me

00:15:58to agree to something

00:15:58so absurd.

00:16:02That's what you said.

00:16:04I'll come for you

00:16:05in three days.

00:16:06Don't you dare

00:16:06change your mind.

00:16:12He wasn't nearly as reckless

00:16:14as the rumors claimed.

00:16:15If anything,

00:16:16he was a little endearing.

00:16:18Not long after Ronan left,

00:16:19I went back to Cole's home

00:16:21to pack my things

00:16:22and move out.

00:16:24Halfway through,

00:16:25Cole came back.

00:16:26He was holding Alara,

00:16:27and this time,

00:16:28she didn't bother hiding it.

00:16:29She lifted her dress

00:16:30to show off

00:16:31her six-month pregnant belly.

00:16:34So they'd been sneaking

00:16:35around behind my back

00:16:36for at least six months.

00:16:38Disgusting.

00:16:40Cole,

00:16:41you're standing here

00:16:42with your six-month

00:16:43pregnant mate.

00:16:44What could you possibly

00:16:45want now?

00:16:46Nova,

00:16:47I didn't want it

00:16:47to be this way,

00:16:48but Alara is gentle,

00:16:49and she's my fated mate.

00:16:51She's carrying my child.

00:16:53I couldn't just watch her

00:16:54get thrown to that

00:16:55reckless playboy

00:16:56of an alpha king.

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

00:17:01How could I let my fainted mate

00:17:03suffer a marriage like that?

00:17:04And yet he could watch me

00:17:06and the entire Draven family

00:17:07become the pack's laughingstock

00:17:08without blinking.

00:17:09The moment he stormed

00:17:10that ceremony,

00:17:11whatever we had

00:17:12was already over.

00:17:13Then that settles it.

00:17:14Our wedding is off.

00:17:18Nova,

00:17:19don't be like this.

00:17:20Even if I marry her,

00:17:21it won't change anything

00:17:22between us.

00:17:23I've already decided.

00:17:24You'll marry me too.

00:17:25You'll be my Luna as well.

00:17:26Two Lunas?

00:17:28Since when has our pack

00:17:29ever allowed that?

00:17:31You swore to the moon goddessy.

00:17:33You said you would be loyal to me.

00:17:35And only me.

00:17:37I did.

00:17:38I chose you as my mate

00:17:39because I needed someone

00:17:40fit to be my Luna.

00:17:42You were never more

00:17:42than my chosen mate, Nova.

00:17:44But when I met Alara,

00:17:45I realized

00:17:46she's my fated mate.

00:17:48Nothing in this world

00:17:49compares to her.

00:17:51I looked at Alara,

00:17:52who was still stroking her belly,

00:17:54making sure everyone saw it.

00:17:56You knew

00:17:57he already had a mate.

00:17:58So why did you run

00:17:59from your own wedding?

00:18:00Why choose to be

00:18:01someone's mistress instead?

00:18:03Alara's eyes welled up instantly.

00:18:07You're so harsh with me.

00:18:09Alpha Cole just didn't

00:18:11want me to suffer.

00:18:12That's all he did.

00:18:13He saved me.

00:18:14Are you...

00:18:15Are you just jealous?

00:18:17Alpha Cole already said

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

00:18:22An illegitimate daughter

00:18:24really doesn't know

00:18:25how to carry herself

00:18:26in front of others,

00:18:27does she?

00:18:28Alara's face crumbled instantly.

00:18:30She burst into tears,

00:18:31burying herself

00:18:32against Cole's chest.

00:18:35Nova,

00:18:36how could you say

00:18:37something like that to her?

00:18:38Look what you've done,

00:18:39you've made her cry.

00:18:40He held Alara tighter,

00:18:42glaring at me,

00:18:43as if I were the one

00:18:44in the wrong.

00:18:45Alara is so kind-hearted.

00:18:48Once you marry in,

00:18:49she won't make things

00:18:49hard for you.

00:18:50I know it's a step down,

00:18:52but you'll just have to accept

00:18:53being my second Luna

00:18:54for now.

00:18:54You and Alara

00:18:55will both be my Lunas.

00:18:57As long as you fulfill

00:18:58your duties,

00:18:59I won't play favorites.

00:19:00Oh,

00:19:01and what exactly

00:19:02are these duties?

00:19:05You'll raise our children,

00:19:06and you'll still manage

00:19:07the pack's daily affairs.

00:19:08Your standing in the pack

00:19:09won't be affected at all.

00:19:10So you want two Lunas?

00:19:12One to sleep beside you,

00:19:13and one to obediently

00:19:14raise your children

00:19:15and handle your chores?

00:19:17A general's daughter,

00:19:18reduced to a second Luna.

00:19:19I almost admired him

00:19:21for having the nerve

00:19:21to say it out loud.

00:19:25I'd advise you to cherish

00:19:26what's already been arranged

00:19:27for you.

00:19:28This is already the best outcome

00:19:29you're going to get.

00:19:30Cole stepped forward,

00:19:31his tone softening,

00:19:32as if he were doing me

00:19:33a favor.

00:19:34Nova,

00:19:36Alara has already

00:19:36sacrificed so much.

00:19:38Just agree to be Luna

00:19:39alongside her.

00:19:43She doesn't need to

00:19:44sacrifice anything at all,

00:19:45because I will never agree.

00:19:47We're done.

00:19:49What?

00:19:50What did you just say?

00:19:52The pack members

00:19:52were already whispering

00:19:53among themselves.

00:19:54Is she out of her mind?

00:19:56She actually wants to

00:19:56leave Alpha Cole?

00:19:58If she leaves the pack,

00:19:59she won't survive

00:20:00a week out there.

00:20:04You're really making

00:20:05this difficult for me,

00:20:05Nova.

00:20:06I almost laughed.

00:20:08Who turned me into

00:20:09the pack's laughing stock?

00:20:10And now he had the nerve

00:20:11to say I was the one

00:20:12making things difficult.

00:20:15I told you,

00:20:16I will never be

00:20:17your second Luna.

00:20:18He raised his hand

00:20:19and struck me hard

00:20:20across the face.

00:20:21Nova,

00:20:22you're being

00:20:23completely unreasonable.

00:20:24Everyone knows

00:20:25you've clung to me

00:20:26since childhood.

00:20:27I've had my fill

00:20:28of you for years.

00:20:29Do you really think

00:20:29anyone else would

00:20:30want you now?

00:20:31Get out of my house!

00:20:34Good.

00:20:35Let her go.

00:20:36Don't let her take

00:20:37a single thing with her.

00:20:38So you want me dead?

00:20:39And you want to take

00:20:40everything I own?

00:20:41My whole body

00:20:42was shaking with fury.

00:20:43Behind me,

00:20:44Cole's pack members

00:20:45roared in unison.

00:20:46Reject that bitch!

00:20:49Rotten vegetables

00:20:49and eggs

00:20:50flew through the air,

00:20:51striking my back,

00:20:52my shoulders,

00:20:53the ground at my feet.

00:20:54I knew,

00:20:54in that moment,

00:20:55that the Cole

00:20:56who once looked at me

00:20:57like I was the center

00:20:57of his world,

00:20:58the one who couldn't

00:20:59bear to see me suffer

00:21:00even the smallest slight,

00:21:01was already dead.

00:21:02What stood in front of me

00:21:03now was nothing more

00:21:04than Alara's mate.

00:21:05But it doesn't matter.

00:21:06Luckily,

00:21:07I already have a new,

00:21:08much better mate

00:21:09who could crush them

00:21:10in seconds.

00:21:10And soon,

00:21:11we would be married.

00:21:12Ronan didn't give me

00:21:13any time to change my mind.

00:21:15The very next day,

00:21:16the Draven family

00:21:18came to formally propose,

00:21:19carrying 108 chests

00:21:21of betrothal gifts,

00:21:22filling my room

00:21:23to the brim.

00:21:24I was just about

00:21:25to have the servants

00:21:26move everything

00:21:27into storage

00:21:27when Cole walked in,

00:21:29Alara trailing behind him.

00:21:32Seeing the chests

00:21:33piled everywhere,

00:21:34the two of them

00:21:35clearly jumped

00:21:36to their own conclusion.

00:21:37Sister,

00:21:38is this all your dowry?

00:21:40I knew it,

00:21:40you're marrying Alpha Cole

00:21:41after all,

00:21:42and you're even throwing

00:21:43in all of this

00:21:44on top of it.

00:21:45See,

00:21:45and you kept saying

00:21:46you weren't.

00:21:47Oh,

00:21:47Nova,

00:21:48you really are

00:21:49in love with me.

00:21:50I frowned,

00:21:50denying it immediately.

00:21:51It's not what you think.

00:21:52Stop pretending.

00:21:54Yesterday,

00:21:54you said you weren't

00:21:55marrying me,

00:21:55and now you've already

00:21:56got your dowry ready.

00:21:58That's right,

00:21:59Nova.

00:21:59Nova,

00:22:00once you marry in,

00:22:01we'll all be one family.

00:22:03Alpha Cole,

00:22:04didn't you also

00:22:05prepare a gift for Nova?

00:22:06Hurry,

00:22:07give it to me.

00:22:07As she reached for him,

00:22:08something caught the light

00:22:09and flickered past my eyes.

00:22:11A necklace,

00:22:12resting against her collarbone.

00:22:13The Cole family

00:22:14kept an heirloom necklace,

00:22:16passed down for generations,

00:22:17always meant for the family's

00:22:18future Luna.

00:22:19I had hinted at it,

00:22:20asked about it,

00:22:21more times than I could

00:22:22count over the years.

00:22:23He always found some excuse

00:22:24to avoid the subject,

00:22:26never once willing

00:22:26to give it to me.

00:22:27Cole scowled

00:22:28and dug something out

00:22:29from inside his coat,

00:22:30a worn,

00:22:31cracked leather bracelet

00:22:32and tossed it at me.

00:22:35Here,

00:22:36this is for you.

00:22:37Alara wore it

00:22:38until it fell apart,

00:22:39but

00:22:40you can still use it.

00:22:41What goes around

00:22:42comes around,

00:22:43doesn't it,

00:22:43sister?

00:22:44You used to look down on me.

00:22:46Now,

00:22:47all you get to have

00:22:48is what I've already

00:22:48worn out.

00:22:49The moment brought me back

00:22:51to the first time

00:22:51we ever met

00:22:52at a family banquet

00:22:53because she was nothing more

00:22:55than an legitimate daughter.

00:22:56My family,

00:22:57even the servants,

00:22:58treated her like a maid.

00:22:59When she accidentally

00:23:00spilled wine on someone,

00:23:01she was struck across the face

00:23:03without a second thought.

00:23:04Cole couldn't stand

00:23:05watching it happen

00:23:06and stepped in to help her.

00:23:08After that,

00:23:08afraid she'd be mistreated again,

00:23:10he started looking out for her,

00:23:12always saving the best food,

00:23:13the best gifts,

00:23:14for her first.

00:23:15I just feel bad for her,

00:23:16that's all.

00:23:17I only want to help her.

00:23:18At first,

00:23:18I believed him.

00:23:19I thought it really was just pity.

00:23:20Not until the day

00:23:21Alara was forced

00:23:22to marry Ronan

00:23:23and Cole stormed the ceremony

00:23:24to steal her away.

00:23:26That was when

00:23:26I finally understood.

00:23:28Somewhere along the way,

00:23:29without my ever noticing,

00:23:30Alara had already

00:23:31carved out a place

00:23:32in his heart.

00:23:34So generous with Alaya,

00:23:36so stingy with me.

00:23:38No need.

00:23:40Something this precious

00:23:41should stay with your Alaya.

00:23:43Cole's face darkened

00:23:45and instantly.

00:23:46Humiliated,

00:23:47he snatched the bracelet

00:23:48out of my hand

00:23:49and hurled it out the window.

00:23:52Fine.

00:23:53If you don't want it,

00:23:54then it's trash.

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

00:23:56you're taking a single thing

00:23:57from me when you get married.

00:23:58I told you.

00:23:59Our wedding has already

00:24:00been called off.

00:24:01Say that again?

00:24:06Huh.

00:24:07Leave Alpha Cole?

00:24:09And nobody's ever

00:24:10going to want you.

00:24:11You'll come crawling back,

00:24:12begging him not to let you go.

00:24:15I didn't even bother

00:24:16explaining anymore.

00:24:17If the two of you

00:24:18have nothing else,

00:24:19please leave.

00:24:20But clearly,

00:24:22neither of them

00:24:22took my words seriously.

00:24:24Nova,

00:24:25don't say things like that

00:24:26out of anger.

00:24:28I know you're upset with me.

00:24:29If it makes you feel better,

00:24:31why don't you hit me

00:24:32a couple times?

00:24:34Get off.

00:24:35Don't touch me.

00:24:36The moment my hand

00:24:37left her arm,

00:24:37Alara let herself go loom,

00:24:39collapsing softly

00:24:40into Cole's chest

00:24:40as if struck.

00:24:41Cole's eyes flared red.

00:24:43Do not touch her.

00:24:43She is carrying my child.

00:24:45His fingers began to shift,

00:24:47claws tearing through skin,

00:24:48dark and sharp.

00:24:49He struck.

00:24:52In all the years

00:24:53Cole and I

00:24:53had known each other,

00:24:54grown up together,

00:24:55he had never once

00:24:56shifted his claws

00:24:57against me.

00:24:57Not once.

00:24:58And the first time

00:24:59he finally did,

00:25:00it was for another woman.

00:25:02For a moment,

00:25:03Cole hesitated.

00:25:04He looked down

00:25:05at the blood

00:25:05running down my arm.

00:25:07But Alara saw her chance.

00:25:11She let out a sharp,

00:25:13sudden cry,

00:25:14clutching her belly

00:25:14and begged him

00:25:15to take her away immediately.

00:25:17After a moment of hesitation,

00:25:20Cole scooped her up

00:25:20into his arms

00:25:22and walked out

00:25:23without looking back.

00:25:24Alara glanced back

00:25:25over his shoulder.

00:25:29Die alone?

00:25:31Funny.

00:25:31I was getting married

00:25:33in three days.

00:25:34The day before my wedding

00:25:35fell on the moon festival,

00:25:37the one day a year

00:25:38I had always loved the most.

00:25:40Every year before this one,

00:25:42Cole had always come with me

00:25:43to buy crystal lanterns.

00:25:44This year,

00:25:45for the first time,

00:25:46I went alone.

00:25:47When I stepped

00:25:47into Silvermoon City,

00:25:49the entire street

00:25:49stood empty.

00:25:50Every vendor

00:25:51had been pushed aside,

00:25:52their tolves cleared

00:25:53to the edges of the road.

00:25:54Confused,

00:25:55I slowed my steps

00:25:56and caught the voices

00:25:57of two young women nearby.

00:25:58I heard Alpha Cole

00:26:00bought out

00:26:00every single crystal lantern

00:26:01on this street

00:26:02just to make his mate happy.

00:26:03That's not even half of it.

00:26:05He went against

00:26:05the entire Elder Council

00:26:06for her.

00:26:07Exactly.

00:26:07He even angered

00:26:08the young lord

00:26:09and forced his own Nova

00:26:10into being a concubine

00:26:11just for her.

00:26:12I'd howl at the moon alone

00:26:13for a year

00:26:13for someone that devoted.

00:26:14I turned to leave,

00:26:16having no reason

00:26:16to stay any longer.

00:26:17Nova?

00:26:18I turned instinctively

00:26:19and there they were,

00:26:21Cole and Alara,

00:26:22standing not far away.

00:26:26Nova,

00:26:27are you here

00:26:27to buy crystal lanterns too?

00:26:31How's your shoulder?

00:26:32I pushed his hand away

00:26:33without a shred

00:26:34of warmth in my voice.

00:26:36It's fine.

00:26:37Alara held the lantern

00:26:38out towards me.

00:26:39I'm sorry, Nova.

00:26:40Alpha Cole bought out

00:26:41every lantern

00:26:42on this street.

00:26:43Here,

00:26:43why don't you take this one?

00:26:45No, thank you.

00:26:46I stepped back.

00:26:47I never made a habit

00:26:48of using anything

00:26:49someone else

00:26:49had already touched.

00:26:50Not objects,

00:26:52not people.

00:26:53But Alara wouldn't

00:26:54let it go.

00:26:54She kept crowding closer,

00:26:56refusing to back off.

00:26:57I only meant

00:26:58to push her away,

00:26:59barely any force

00:26:59behind it at all.

00:27:00But Alara clutched

00:27:01at her dress

00:27:02and threw herself backward,

00:27:03dramatically,

00:27:04collapsing onto the ground.

00:27:06Cole!

00:27:07Nova's trying

00:27:07to kill our baby!

00:27:09Cole's face twisted

00:27:10with fury

00:27:10the instant he saw

00:27:11her on the ground.

00:27:12He shoved me,

00:27:13hard,

00:27:14without a second

00:27:14of hesitation.

00:27:15How dare you do this!

00:27:17Kneel down

00:27:18and apologize to her,

00:27:19right now!

00:27:19It happened too fast.

00:27:21I had no chance

00:27:22to brace myself

00:27:22before I hit the ground,

00:27:23forced down

00:27:24onto my knees.

00:27:28And then,

00:27:29a voice,

00:27:29low,

00:27:30deep,

00:27:31carrying and pressed

00:27:31down on the entire street,

00:27:33cut through the air

00:27:34behind me.

00:27:34Who dares touch

00:27:35my mate?

00:27:36I turned around.

00:27:37A massive black wolf shadow

00:27:39hung suspended

00:27:39in the air

00:27:40above the street,

00:27:41its presence

00:27:41so overwhelming

00:27:42it seemed to swallow

00:27:43the light around it whole.

00:27:46That's the Alpha King's

00:27:47nightfall wolf.

00:27:48Why is it here?

00:27:49The black shadow

00:27:50slowly faded,

00:27:51dissolving into the night air

00:27:52until it was gone completely.

00:27:53Cole and Elyra

00:27:54stood there for a moment,

00:27:55trying to comfort each other.

00:27:59You don't think

00:27:59he's come back for you,

00:28:00do you?

00:28:00Elyra's face drained

00:28:01of color instantly,

00:28:02panic flooding her eyes.

00:28:04Confidence they'd carried

00:28:05a moment Bagor was gone.

00:28:06The two of them

00:28:07slipped away quickly.

00:28:09I kept walking alone,

00:28:10the mood of the night

00:28:11thoroughly ruined.

00:28:12Without warning,

00:28:13a hand grabbed me

00:28:14and pulled me

00:28:14into a narrow alley.

00:28:15I tensed instantly,

00:28:16already bracing to fight back.

00:28:17I looked up.

00:28:18It was Ronan.

00:28:19I followed you

00:28:19the whole way.

00:28:20Watching you get pushed

00:28:21around like that,

00:28:22it put me in a foul mood.

00:28:25And why did you follow me?

00:28:27I,

00:28:27I'm marrying you tomorrow.

00:28:29I was too excited

00:28:29to sleep at all.

00:28:32I'm nothing but a rejected Luna,

00:28:33you know.

00:28:34A general's daughter

00:28:35who's never even had

00:28:35a wolf of her own,

00:28:36let alone a faded mate.

00:28:38Just don't come to regret this.

00:28:40I won't.

00:28:42He pulled me closer,

00:28:43gently drawing me

00:28:44toward the curve of his neck.

00:28:45As I leaned in,

00:28:47close enough to feel

00:28:47the warmth of his skin,

00:28:49something strange

00:28:49stirred inside me.

00:28:50A scent,

00:28:51faint,

00:28:52unfamiliar,

00:28:53and yet impossibly familiar

00:28:54all at once

00:28:55wrapped around me.

00:28:57Why,

00:28:57why was his scent

00:28:58pulling at me like this?

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

00:29:01I pulled back sharply.

00:29:03Are you my...

00:29:04Ronan seemed thrown off

00:29:06by the way I was

00:29:07staring at him.

00:29:09I'll see you tomorrow,

00:29:10my Luna.

00:29:12The next morning,

00:29:13the maids woked me early,

00:29:14dressing me,

00:29:15styling my hair,

00:29:17wrapping me in my wedding gown.

00:29:18That was when it finally felt real.

00:29:20I was really getting married.

00:29:22Only this time,

00:29:23the groom waiting for me

00:29:24wasn't Cole,

00:29:25the childhood companion

00:29:25I had spent years hoping for.

00:29:27It was Alpha King Ronan.

00:29:28When the wedding procession

00:29:30finally arrived,

00:29:31I froze.

00:29:32Leading it was Cole.

00:29:33He saw me standing there,

00:29:34in my full wedding attire,

00:29:36and his expression

00:29:37twisted instantly.

00:29:40How dare you dress

00:29:41more beautiful

00:29:41than Alara did

00:29:42on her wedding day.

00:29:43You're nothing

00:29:44but a chosen mate.

00:29:45I'm here today

00:29:46to take my second Luna.

00:29:47Go change.

00:29:48Right now.

00:29:49I didn't back down

00:29:50for a second.

00:29:51I've told you this

00:29:52more than once.

00:29:53Our wedding is off.

00:29:54The man I'm marrying today

00:29:55isn't you.

00:29:58Don't throw a fight

00:29:58over this.

00:29:59You're both my Lunas.

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

00:30:01Come with me, okay?

00:30:06Ronan rode in

00:30:07at the head

00:30:07of the procession,

00:30:08an endless line

00:30:09of carriages

00:30:09trailing behind him,

00:30:11each one loaded

00:30:11with gold, jewels,

00:30:13treasures beyond counting.

00:30:14His gaze landed on Cole,

00:30:15and on the pitiful

00:30:16procession behind him,

00:30:18fewer than 20 people

00:30:19in total.

00:30:21Well, well.

00:30:22Alpha Cole.

00:30:23Trying to steal

00:30:24my wife again?

00:30:38On our wedding day,

00:30:40my chosen mate Cole left

00:30:41and took my illegitimate

00:30:42sister Alara

00:30:43from her wedding

00:30:44because he didn't want her

00:30:45to marry the pack's

00:30:46infamous playboy,

00:30:47Alpha King Ronan.

00:30:48Alira's moans and screams

00:30:49ringing out through the pack.

00:30:50The whole pack was waiting

00:30:52to watch me and Ronan

00:30:53become a joke.

00:30:54A general's daughter

00:30:55and an Alpha King

00:30:56both rejected

00:30:57on the same night.

00:30:58But the next day,

00:30:59Ronan came to my door,

00:31:00dragging chests of gold

00:31:01and jewels behind him.

00:31:03A debt is a debt.

00:31:05Cole stole my bride,

00:31:07so he owes me his.

00:31:08I want you as my mate.

00:31:10That's fair, isn't it?

00:31:11I'll marry you.

00:31:13He clearly hadn't expected

00:31:14me to agree

00:31:14to something so absurd.

00:31:19That's what you said.

00:31:20I'll come for you

00:31:21in three days.

00:31:22Don't you dare

00:31:23change your mind.

00:31:29He wasn't nearly as reckless

00:31:30as the rumors claimed.

00:31:31If anything,

00:31:32he was a little endearing.

00:31:34Not long after Ronan left,

00:31:36I went back to Cole's home

00:31:37to pack my things

00:31:38and move out.

00:31:40Halfway through,

00:31:41Cole came back.

00:31:42He was holding Alara,

00:31:43and this time,

00:31:44she didn't bother hiding it.

00:31:46She lifted her dress

00:31:47to show off her

00:31:47six-month pregnant belly.

00:31:51So they'd been sneaking

00:31:52around behind my back

00:31:53for at least six months.

00:31:55Disgusting.

00:31:57Cole,

00:31:57you're standing here

00:31:58with your six-month

00:31:59pregnant mate.

00:32:00What could you possibly

00:32:02want now?

00:32:03Nova,

00:32:03I didn't want it

00:32:04to be this way,

00:32:05but Alara is gentle,

00:32:06and she's my fated mate.

00:32:08She's carrying my child.

00:32:09I couldn't just watch her

00:32:10get thrown to that

00:32:11reckless playboy

00:32:12of an alpha king.

00:32:16I'm a strong alpha.

00:32:18How could I let my

00:32:19fainted mate

00:32:19suffer a marriage like that?

00:32:21And yet he could watch me

00:32:22and the entire Draven family

00:32:24become the pack's

00:32:24laughingstock

00:32:25without blinking.

00:32:26The moment he stormed

00:32:27that ceremony,

00:32:28whatever we had

00:32:29was already over.

00:32:30Then that settles it.

00:32:31Our wedding is off.

00:32:35Nova,

00:32:36don't be like this.

00:32:36Even if I marry her,

00:32:38it won't change

00:32:38anything between us.

00:32:39I've already decided

00:32:40you'll marry me too.

00:32:42You'll be my Luna as well.

00:32:43Two Lunas?

00:32:44Since when has our pack

00:32:45ever allowed that?

00:32:48You swore to the moon goddessy.

00:32:50You said you would be

00:32:51loyal to me,

00:32:52and only me.

00:32:53I did.

00:32:54I chose you as my mate

00:32:56because I needed someone

00:32:57fit to be my Luna.

00:32:58You were never more

00:32:59than my chosen mate,

00:33:00Nova.

00:33:00But when I met Alara,

00:33:02I realized

00:33:03she's my fated mate.

00:33:05Nothing in this world

00:33:06compares to her.

00:33:07I looked at Alara,

00:33:08who was still stroking

00:33:09her belly,

00:33:10making sure everyone saw it.

00:33:12You knew

00:33:13he already had a mate.

00:33:15So why did you run

00:33:16from your own wedding?

00:33:17Why choose to be

00:33:18someone's mistress instead?

00:33:19Alara's eyes

00:33:20welled up instantly.

00:33:24You're so harsh with me.

00:33:26Alpha Cole just didn't

00:33:27want me to suffer.

00:33:28That's all he did.

00:33:29He saved me.

00:33:31Are you...

00:33:31Are you just jealous?

00:33:33Alpha Cole already said

00:33:35you could be his Luna too.

00:33:39An illegitimate daughter

00:33:40really doesn't know

00:33:41how to carry herself

00:33:42in front of others,

00:33:43does she?

00:33:45Alara's face

00:33:45crumbled instantly.

00:33:46She burst into tears,

00:33:48burying herself

00:33:48against Cole's chest.

00:33:52Nova,

00:33:53how could you say

00:33:54something like that

00:33:54to her?

00:33:55Look what you've done,

00:33:56you've made her cry.

00:33:57He held Alara tighter,

00:33:59glaring at me,

00:33:59as if I were the one

00:34:00in the wrong.

00:34:01Alara is so kind-hearted.

00:34:04Once you marry in,

00:34:05she won't make things

00:34:06hard for you.

00:34:07I know it's a step down,

00:34:08but you'll just have to

00:34:09accept being my second

00:34:10Luna for now.

00:34:11You and Alara

00:34:12will both be my Lunas.

00:34:13As long as you

00:34:14fulfill your duties,

00:34:15I won't play favorites.

00:34:17Oh,

00:34:18and what exactly

00:34:19are these duties?

00:34:21You'll raise our children,

00:34:22and you'll still manage

00:34:23the pack's daily affairs.

00:34:25Your standing in the pack

00:34:26won't be affected at all.

00:34:27So you want two Lunas?

00:34:28One to sleep beside you,

00:34:30and one to obediently

00:34:31raise your children

00:34:32and handle your chores?

00:34:33A general's daughter,

00:34:35reduced to a second Luna.

00:34:36I almost admired him

00:34:37for having the nerve

00:34:38to say it out loud.

00:34:41I'd advise you to cherish

00:34:43what's already been

00:34:43arranged for you.

00:34:44This is already the best

00:34:45outcome you're going to get.

00:34:46Cole stepped forward,

00:34:47his tone softening,

00:34:49as if he were doing

00:34:50me a favor.

00:34:51Nova,

00:34:52Alara has already

00:34:53sacrificed so much.

00:34:54Just agree to be Luna

00:34:56alongside her.

00:35:00She doesn't need

00:35:00to sacrifice anything

00:35:01at all,

00:35:02because I will never agree.

00:35:04We're done.

00:35:06What?

00:35:07What did you just say?

00:35:08The pack members

00:35:09were already whispering

00:35:10among themselves.

00:35:11Is she out of her mind?

00:35:12She actually wants

00:35:13to leave Alpha Cole?

00:35:14If she leaves the pack,

00:35:16she won't survive

00:35:17a week out there.

00:35:20You're really making

00:35:21this difficult for me, Nova.

00:35:23I almost laughed.

00:35:24Who turned me

00:35:25into the pack's laughingstock?

00:35:26And now he had the nerve

00:35:27to say I was the one

00:35:29making things difficult.

00:35:31I told you,

00:35:33I will never be

00:35:34your second Luna.

00:35:35He raised his hand

00:35:36and struck me hard

00:35:37across the face.

00:35:38Nova,

00:35:39you're being

00:35:39completely unreasonable.

00:35:41Everyone knows

00:35:42you've clung to me

00:35:42since childhood.

00:35:43I've had my fill

00:35:44of you for years.

00:35:45Do you really think

00:35:46anyone else would

00:35:47want you now?

00:35:47Get out of my house!

00:35:51Good.

00:35:52Let her go.

00:35:53Don't let her

00:35:53take a single thing

00:35:54with her.

00:35:54So you want me dead?

00:35:56And you want to

00:35:56take everything I own?

00:35:57My whole body

00:35:58was shaking with fury.

00:36:00Behind me,

00:36:00Cole's pack members

00:36:01roared in unison.

00:36:02Reject that bitch!

00:36:05Rotten vegetables

00:36:06and eggs

00:36:06flew through the air,

00:36:08striking my back,

00:36:08my shoulders,

00:36:09the ground at my feet.

00:36:10I knew,

00:36:11in that moment,

00:36:12that the Cole

00:36:12who once looked at me

00:36:13like I was the center

00:36:14of his world,

00:36:15the one who couldn't bear

00:36:16to see me suffer

00:36:17even the smallest light,

00:36:18was already dead.

00:36:19What stood in front of me

00:36:20now was nothing more

00:36:21than Alara's mate.

00:36:22But it doesn't matter.

00:36:23Luckily,

00:36:23I already have a new,

00:36:25much better mate

00:36:25who could crush them

00:36:26in seconds.

00:36:27And soon,

00:36:28we would be married.

00:36:29Ronan didn't give me

00:36:30any time to change my mind.

00:36:31The very next day,

00:36:33the Draven family

00:36:34came to formally propose,

00:36:36carrying 108 chests

00:36:37of betrothal gifts,

00:36:39filling my room

00:36:39to the brim.

00:36:41I was just about

00:36:42to have the servants

00:36:43move everything

00:36:43into storage

00:36:44when Cole walked in,

00:36:46Alara trailing behind him.

00:36:49Seeing the chests

00:36:50piled everywhere,

00:36:51the two of them

00:36:52clearly jumped

00:36:52to their own conclusion.

00:36:53Sister,

00:36:54is this all your dowry?

00:36:56I knew it.

00:36:57You're marrying

00:36:57Alpha Cole after all.

00:36:59And you're even

00:36:59throwing in all of this

00:37:00on top of it.

00:37:02See,

00:37:02and you kept saying

00:37:03you weren't.

00:37:03Oh, Nova,

00:37:04you really are

00:37:05in love with me.

00:37:06I frowned,

00:37:07denying it immediately.

00:37:08It's not what you think.

00:37:09Stop pretending.

00:37:10Yesterday,

00:37:11you said you weren't

00:37:11marrying me,

00:37:12and now you've already

00:37:13got your dowry ready.

00:37:15That's right, Nova.

00:37:16Once you marry in,

00:37:17we'll all be one family.

00:37:19Alpha Cole,

00:37:21didn't you also

00:37:21prepare a gift for Nova?

00:37:23Hurry,

00:37:23give it to me.

00:37:24As she reached for him,

00:37:25something caught the light

00:37:26and flickered past my eyes.

00:37:27A necklace,

00:37:28resting against her collarbone.

00:37:30The Cole family

00:37:31kept an heirloom necklace,

00:37:32passed down for generations,

00:37:34always meant for the family's

00:37:35future Luna.

00:37:36I had hinted at it,

00:37:37asked about it,

00:37:37more times than I could

00:37:38count over the years.

00:37:39He always found some excuse

00:37:41to avoid the subject,

00:37:42never once willing

00:37:43to give it to me.

00:37:44Cole scowled

00:37:45and dug something out

00:37:46from inside his coat.

00:37:46a worn,

00:37:47cracked leather bracelet

00:37:49and tossed it at me.

00:37:52Here,

00:37:53this is for you.

00:37:54Alara wore it

00:37:55until it fell apart,

00:37:56but you can still use it.

00:37:58What goes around

00:37:59comes around,

00:37:59doesn't it, sister?

00:38:01You used to look down on me.

00:38:02Now,

00:38:03all you get to have

00:38:04is what I've already

00:38:05worn out.

00:38:06The moment brought me back

00:38:07to the first time

00:38:08we ever met

00:38:09at a family banquet

00:38:10because she was nothing more

00:38:11than an legitimate daughter.

00:38:13My family,

00:38:13even the servants,

00:38:14treated her like a maid

00:38:15when she accidentally

00:38:17spilled wine on someone,

00:38:18she was struck across the face

00:38:19without a second thought.

00:38:21Cole couldn't stand

00:38:22watching it happen

00:38:22and stepped in to help her.

00:38:24After that,

00:38:25afraid she'd be mistreated again,

00:38:27he started looking out for her,

00:38:28always saving the best food,

00:38:29the best gifts,

00:38:30for her first.

00:38:31I just feel bad for her,

00:38:33that's all.

00:38:33I only want to help her.

00:38:34At first,

00:38:34I believed him.

00:38:35I thought it really was just pity.

00:38:37Not until the day

00:38:38Alara was forced

00:38:39to marry Ronan

00:38:39and Cole stormed the ceremony

00:38:41to steal her away.

00:38:42That was when

00:38:43I finally understood.

00:38:44Somewhere along the way,

00:38:45without my ever noticing,

00:38:47Alara had already carved out

00:38:48a place in his heart.

00:38:51So generous with Alaya,

00:38:53so stingy with me.

00:38:55No need.

00:38:56Something this precious

00:38:57should stay with your Alaya.

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

00:39:03Humiliated,

00:39:04he snatched the bracelet

00:39:05out of my hand

00:39:05and hurled it out the window.

00:39:08Fine.

00:39:09If you don't want it,

00:39:10then it's trash.

00:39:11And don't you dare think

00:39:12you're taking a single thing

00:39:14from me when you get married?

00:39:15I told you.

00:39:16Our wedding has already

00:39:17been called off.

00:39:18Say that again?

00:39:23Huh.

00:39:24Leave Alpha Cole

00:39:25and nobody's ever

00:39:26going to want you.

00:39:27You'll come crawling back,

00:39:29begging him not to let you go.

00:39:31I didn't even bother

00:39:32explaining anymore.

00:39:34If the two of you

00:39:35have nothing else,

00:39:36please leave.

00:39:37But clearly,

00:39:38neither of them

00:39:39took my words seriously.

00:39:41Nova,

00:39:42don't say things like that

00:39:43out of anger.

00:39:44I know you're upset with me.

00:39:46If it makes you feel better,

00:39:47why don't you hit me

00:39:48a couple times?

00:39:51Get off.

00:39:52Don't touch me.

00:39:52The moment my hand

00:39:53left her arm,

00:39:54Alara let herself go loom,

00:39:55collapsing softly

00:39:56into Cole's chest

00:39:57as if struck.

00:39:58Cole's eyes flared red.

00:39:59Do not touch her.

00:40:00She is carrying my child.

00:40:01His fingers began to shift,

00:40:03claws tearing through skin,

00:40:05dark and sharp.

00:40:06He struck.

00:40:08In all the years

00:40:09Cole and I had known each other,

00:40:11grown up together,

00:40:11he had never once

00:40:12shifted his claws against me.

00:40:14Not once.

00:40:15And the first time

00:40:16he finally did,

00:40:17it was for another woman.

00:40:18For a moment,

00:40:19Cole hesitated.

00:40:20He looked down

00:40:21at the blood

00:40:22running down my arm.

00:40:24But Alara saw her chance.

00:40:28She let out a sharp,

00:40:29sudden cry,

00:40:30clutching her belly,

00:40:31and begged him

00:40:32to take her away immediately.

00:40:34After a moment of hesitation,

00:40:36Cole scooped her up

00:40:37into his arms

00:40:39and walked out

00:40:40without looking back.

00:40:41Alara glanced back

00:40:42over his shoulder.

00:40:46Die alone?

00:40:47Funny.

00:40:48I was getting married

00:40:49in three days.

00:40:51The day before my wedding

00:40:52fell on the moon festival,

00:40:54the one day a year

00:40:55I had always loved the most.

00:40:56Every year before this one,

00:40:58Cole had always come with me

00:40:59to buy crystal lanterns.

00:41:01This year,

00:41:02for the first time,

00:41:02I went alone.

00:41:03When I stepped

00:41:04into Silvermoon City,

00:41:05the entire street

00:41:06stood empty.

00:41:07Every vendor

00:41:07had been pushed aside,

00:41:09their tolves cleared

00:41:09to the edges of the road.

00:41:11Confused,

00:41:12I slowed my steps

00:41:13and caught the voices

00:41:14of two young women nearby.

00:41:15I heard Alpha Cole

00:41:16bought out

00:41:16every single crystal lantern

00:41:18on this street

00:41:18just to make his mate happy.

00:41:20That's not even half of it.

00:41:21He went against

00:41:22the entire Elder Council

00:41:23for her.

00:41:23Exactly.

00:41:24He even angered

00:41:25the young lord

00:41:25and forced his own nova

00:41:26into being a concuboon

00:41:27just for her.

00:41:28I'd howl at the moon

00:41:29alone for a year

00:41:30for someone that devoted.

00:41:31I turned to leave,

00:41:32having no reason

00:41:33to stay any longer.

00:41:34Nova?

00:41:35I turned instinctively

00:41:36and there they were,

00:41:38Cole and Alara,

00:41:39standing not far away.

00:41:43Nova,

00:41:43are you here

00:41:44to buy crystal lanterns too?

00:41:48How's your shoulder?

00:41:49I pushed his hand away

00:41:50without a shred

00:41:51of warmth in my voice.

00:41:52It's fine.

00:41:53Alara held the lantern

00:41:54out towards me.

00:41:55I'm sorry, Nova.

00:41:56Alpha Cole bought out

00:41:57every lantern on this street.

00:41:59Here,

00:41:59why don't you take this one?

00:42:01No, thank you.

00:42:03I stepped back.

00:42:04I never made a habit

00:42:05of using anything

00:42:05someone else

00:42:06had already touched.

00:42:07Not objects.

00:42:08Not people.

00:42:09But Alara wouldn't let it go.

00:42:11She kept crowding closer,

00:42:12refusing to back off.

00:42:14I only meant to push her away,

00:42:15barely any force

00:42:16behind it at all,

00:42:17but Alara clutched

00:42:18at her dress

00:42:18and threw herself backward,

00:42:20dramatically,

00:42:20collapsing onto the ground.

00:42:22Cole!

00:42:23Nova's trying

00:42:24to kill our baby!

00:42:25Cole's face twisted

00:42:26with fury

00:42:27the instant he saw her

00:42:28on the ground.

00:42:29He shoved me,

00:42:30hard,

00:42:30without a second

00:42:31of hesitation.

00:42:32How dare you do this?

00:42:33Kneel down

00:42:34and apologize to her,

00:42:35right now!

00:42:36It happened too fast.

00:42:37I had no chance

00:42:38to brace myself

00:42:39before I hit the ground,

00:42:40forced down

00:42:41onto my knees.

00:42:44And then,

00:42:45a voice,

00:42:46low, deep,

00:42:47carrying and pressed down

00:42:48on the entire street,

00:42:49cut through the air

00:42:50behind me.

00:42:51Who dares touch my mate?

00:42:52I turned around.

00:42:54A massive black wolf shadow

00:42:55hung suspended

00:42:56in the air

00:42:56above the street,

00:42:57its presence

00:42:58so overwhelming

00:42:59it seemed to swallow

00:43:00the light around it whole.

00:43:02That's the Alpha King's

00:43:04Nightfall Wolf.

00:43:04Why is it here?

00:43:06The black shadow

00:43:06slowly faded,

00:43:07dissolving into the night air

00:43:09until it was gone completely.

00:43:10Cole and Alara

00:43:11stood there for a moment,

00:43:12trying to comfort each other.

00:43:15You don't think

00:43:16he's come back for you,

00:43:17do you?

00:43:17Alara's face drained

00:43:18of color instantly,

00:43:19panic flooding her eyes.

00:43:20Confidence they'd carried

00:43:21a moment Begor was gone.

00:43:23The two of them

00:43:23slipped away quickly.

00:43:25I kept walking alone,

00:43:27the mood of the night

00:43:27thoroughly ruined.

00:43:29Without warning,

00:43:29a hand grabbed me

00:43:30and pulled me

00:43:30into a narrow alley.

00:43:31I tensed instantly,

00:43:32already bracing to fight back.

00:43:34I looked up.

00:43:34It was Ronan.

00:43:35I followed you

00:43:36the whole way.

00:43:37Watching you get

00:43:37pushed around like that,

00:43:38it put me in a foul mood.

00:43:41And why did you follow me?

00:43:43I...

00:43:44I'm marrying you tomorrow.

00:43:45I was too excited

00:43:46to sleep at all.

00:43:48I'm nothing but

00:43:49a rejected Luna,

00:43:50you know.

00:43:50A general's daughter

00:43:51who's never even had

00:43:52a wolf of her own,

00:43:53let alone a faded mate.

00:43:54Just don't come

00:43:55to regret this.

00:43:57I won't.

00:43:58He pulled me closer,

00:44:00gently drawing me

00:44:00toward the curve of his neck.

00:44:02As I leaned in,

00:44:03close enough to feel

00:44:04the warmth of his skin,

00:44:05something strange

00:44:06stirred inside me.

00:44:07A scent,

00:44:08faint,

00:44:09unfamiliar,

00:44:09and yet impossibly familiar

00:44:11all at once

00:44:11wrapped around me.

00:44:14Why...

00:44:14Why was his scent

00:44:15pulling at me like this?

00:44:16Why couldn't I resist it?

00:44:17I pulled back sharply.

00:44:20Are you my...

00:44:21Ronan seemed thrown off

00:44:23by the way

00:44:23I was staring at him.

00:44:25I'll see you tomorrow,

00:44:26my Luna.

00:44:28The next morning,

00:44:29the maids woke me early,

00:44:31dressing me,

00:44:32styling my hair,

00:44:33wrapping me

00:44:34in my wedding gown.

00:44:35That was when

00:44:36it finally felt real.

00:44:37I was really

00:44:37getting married.

00:44:38Only this time,

00:44:39the groom waiting for me

00:44:40wasn't Cole,

00:44:41the childhood companion

00:44:42I had spent years

00:44:43hoping for.

00:44:44It was Alpha King Ronan.

00:44:45When the wedding procession

00:44:46finally arrived,

00:44:47I froze.

00:44:48Leading it was Cole.

00:44:50He saw me standing there,

00:44:51in my full wedding attire,

00:44:52and his expression

00:44:53twisted instantly.

00:44:56How dare you dress

00:44:57more beautiful

00:44:58than Alara did

00:44:59on her wedding day?

00:45:00You're nothing

00:45:00but a chosen mate!

00:45:01I'm here today

00:45:02to take my second Luna.

00:45:04Go change.

00:45:05Right now.

00:45:06I didn't back down

00:45:07for a second.

00:45:07I've told you this

00:45:08more than once.

00:45:09Our wedding is off.

00:45:10The man I'm marrying

00:45:11today isn't you.

00:45:14Don't throw a fight

00:45:15over this.

00:45:16You're both my Lunas.

00:45:17I'll treat you equally.

00:45:18Come with me, okay?

00:45:23Ronan rode in

00:45:23at the head of the procession,

00:45:25an endless line of carriages

00:45:26trailing behind him,

00:45:27each one loaded with gold,

00:45:29jewels,

00:45:29treasures beyond counting.

00:45:30His gaze landed on Cole,

00:45:32and on the pitiful

00:45:33procession behind him,

00:45:34fewer than 20 people

00:45:35in total.

00:45:38Well, well,

00:45:39Alpha Cole,

00:45:40trying to steal my wife again?

00:45:55On our wedding day,

00:45:56my chosen mate Cole left

00:45:57and took my illegitimate

00:45:59sister Alara

00:45:59from her wedding

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

00:46:01to marry the pack's

00:46:02infamous playboy,

00:46:03Alpha King Ronan.

00:46:04Alara's moans and screams

00:46:06ringing out through the pack.

00:46:07The whole pack was waiting

00:46:08to watch me and Ronan

00:46:09become a joke.

00:46:10A general's daughter

00:46:11and an Alpha King

00:46:12both rejected

00:46:13on the same night.

00:46:14But the next day,

00:46:15Ronan came to my door,

00:46:17dragging chests of gold

00:46:18and jewels behind him.

00:46:20A debt is a debt.

00:46:22Cole stole my bride,

00:46:23so he owes me his.

00:46:24I want you as my mate.

00:46:26That's fair, isn't it?

00:46:28I'll marry you.

00:46:29He clearly hadn't expected me

00:46:31to agree to something

00:46:31so absurd.

00:46:34You...

00:46:35That's what you said.

00:46:37I'll come for you

00:46:38in three days.

00:46:39Don't you dare

00:46:39change your mind.

00:46:45He wasn't nearly as reckless

00:46:47as the rumors claimed.

00:46:48If anything,

00:46:49he was a little endearing.

00:46:51Not long after Ronan left,

00:46:52I went back to Cole's home

00:46:54to pack my things

00:46:55and move out.

00:46:57Halfway through,

00:46:58Cole came back.

00:46:59He was holding Alara,

00:47:00and this time,

00:47:01she didn't bother hiding it.

00:47:02She lifted her dress

00:47:03to show off

00:47:04her six-month pregnant belly.

00:47:07So they'd been sneaking around

00:47:08behind my back

00:47:09for at least six months.

00:47:11Disgusting.

00:47:13Cole,

00:47:14you're standing here

00:47:15with your six-month

00:47:16pregnant mate.

00:47:17What could you possibly want now?

00:47:19Nova,

00:47:20I didn't want it to be this way,

00:47:21but Alara is gentle,

00:47:22and she's my fated mate.

00:47:24She's carrying my child.

00:47:26I couldn't just watch her

00:47:27get thrown to that

00:47:28reckless playboy

00:47:29of an alpha king.

00:47:33I'm a strong alpha.

00:47:34How could I let my fainted mate

00:47:36suffer a marriage like that?

00:47:37And yet he could watch me

00:47:39and the entire Draven family

00:47:40become the pack's laughingstock

00:47:41without blinking.

00:47:42The moment he stormed

00:47:43that ceremony,

00:47:44whatever we had

00:47:45was already over.

00:47:46Then that settles it.

00:47:47Our wedding is off.

00:47:51Nova,

00:47:52don't be like this.

00:47:53Even if I marry her,

00:47:54it won't change anything

00:47:55between us.

00:47:56I've already decided

00:47:57you'll marry me too.

00:47:58You'll be my Luna as well.

00:47:59Two Lunas?

00:48:01Since when has our pack

00:48:02ever allowed that?

00:48:04You swore to the moon goddessy.

00:48:06You said you would be loyal to me

00:48:08and only me.

00:48:10I did.

00:48:11I chose you as my mate

00:48:12because I needed someone

00:48:13fit to be my Luna.

00:48:14You were never more

00:48:15than my chosen mate,

00:48:16Nova.

00:48:16But when I met Alara,

00:48:18I realized

00:48:19she's my fated mate.

00:48:21Nothing in this world

00:48:22compares to her.

00:48:24I looked at Alara,

00:48:25who was still stroking her belly,

00:48:27making sure everyone saw it.

00:48:29You knew

00:48:30he already had a mate.

00:48:31So why did you run

00:48:32from your own wedding?

00:48:33Why choose to be

00:48:34someone's mistress instead?

00:48:36Alara's eyes

00:48:36welled up instantly.

00:48:40You're so harsh with me.

00:48:42Alpha Cole just didn't want

00:48:44me to suffer.

00:48:44That's all he did.

00:48:46He saved me.

00:48:47Are you...

00:48:48Are you just jealous?

00:48:50Alpha Cole already said

00:48:51you could be his Luna too.

00:48:56An illegitimate daughter

00:48:57really doesn't know

00:48:58how to carry herself

00:48:59in front of others,

00:49:00does she?

00:49:01Alara's face crumbled

00:49:02instantly.

00:49:03She burst into tears,

00:49:04burying herself

00:49:05against Cole's chest.

00:49:08Nova,

00:49:09how could you say

00:49:10something like that to her?

00:49:11Look what you've done.

00:49:12You've made her cry.

00:49:13He held Alara tighter,

00:49:15glaring at me,

00:49:16as if I were the one

00:49:17in the wrong.

00:49:18Alara is so kind-hearted.

00:49:21Once you marry in,

00:49:22she won't make things

00:49:22hard for you.

00:49:23I know it's a step down,

00:49:25but you'll just have to

00:49:25accept being my second

00:49:27Luna for now.

00:49:27You and Alara

00:49:28will both be my Lunas.

00:49:30As long as you

00:49:30fulfill your duties,

00:49:32I won't play favorites.

00:49:33Oh,

00:49:34and what exactly

00:49:35are these duties?

00:49:38You'll raise our children

00:49:39and you'll still manage

00:49:40the pack's daily affairs.

00:49:41Your standing in the pack

00:49:42won't be affected at all.

00:49:43So you want two Lunas?

00:49:45One to sleep beside you

00:49:46and one to obediently

00:49:47raise your children

00:49:48and handle your chores?

00:49:50A general's daughter,

00:49:51reduced to a second Luna.

00:49:52I almost admired him

00:49:54for having the nerve

00:49:54to say it out loud.

00:49:58I'd advise you to cherish

00:49:59what's already been

00:50:00arranged for you.

00:50:01This is already the best

00:50:02outcome you're going to get.

00:50:03Cole stepped forward,

00:50:04his tone softening,

00:50:05as if he were doing me

00:50:07a favor.

00:50:07Nova,

00:50:09Alara has already

00:50:09sacrificed so much.

00:50:11Just agree to be

00:50:12Lunar alongside her.

00:50:16She doesn't need to

00:50:17sacrifice anything at all,

00:50:18because I will never agree.

00:50:20We're done.

00:50:22What?

00:50:23What did you just say?

00:50:24The pack members

00:50:25were already whispering

00:50:26among themselves.

00:50:27Is she out of her mind?

00:50:29She actually wants

00:50:29to leave Alpha Cole?

00:50:31If she leaves the pack,

00:50:32she won't survive

00:50:33a week out there.

00:50:37You're really making

00:50:38this difficult for me,

00:50:38Nova.

00:50:39I almost laughed.

00:50:41Who turned me

00:50:41into the pack's laughing stock?

00:50:43And now he had the nerve

00:50:44to say I was the one

00:50:45making things difficult.

00:50:48I told you,

00:50:49I will never be

00:50:50your second Luna.

00:50:51He raised his hand

00:50:52and struck me hard

00:50:53across the face.

00:50:54Nova,

00:50:55you're being

00:50:56completely unreasonable.

00:50:57Everyone knows

00:50:58you've clung to me

00:50:59since childhood.

00:51:00I've had my fill

00:51:01of you for years.

00:51:02Do you really think

00:51:02anyone else

00:51:03would want you now?

00:51:04Get out of my house!

00:51:07Good.

00:51:08Let her go.

00:51:09Don't let her

00:51:10take a single thing

00:51:10with her.

00:51:11So you want me dead?

00:51:12And you want to

00:51:13take everything I own?

00:51:14My whole body

00:51:15was shaking with fury.

00:51:16Behind me,

00:51:17Cole's pack members

00:51:18roared in unison.

00:51:19Reject that bitch!

00:51:22Rotten vegetables

00:51:22and eggs

00:51:23flew through the air,

00:51:24striking my back,

00:51:25my shoulders,

00:51:26the ground at my feet.

00:51:27I knew,

00:51:27in that moment,

00:51:28that the Cole

00:51:29who once looked at me

00:51:30like I was the center

00:51:30of his world,

00:51:31the one who couldn't bear

00:51:32to see me suffer

00:51:33even the smallest slight,

00:51:34was already dead.

00:51:35What stood in front of me now

00:51:37was nothing more

00:51:37than Alara's mate.

00:51:38But it doesn't matter.

00:51:39Luckily,

00:51:40I already have a new,

00:51:41much better mate

00:51:42who could crush them

00:51:43in seconds.

00:51:43And soon,

00:51:44we would be married.

00:51:45Ronan didn't give me

00:51:46any time to change my mind.

00:51:48The very next day,

00:51:49the Draven family

00:51:51came to formally propose,

00:51:52carrying 108 chests

00:51:54of betrothal gifts,

00:51:55filling my room

00:51:56to the brim.

00:51:57I was just about

00:51:58to have the servants

00:51:59move everything

00:52:00into storage

00:52:00when Cole walked in,

00:52:02Alara trailing behind him.

00:52:05Seeing the chests

00:52:06piled everywhere,

00:52:07the two of them

00:52:08clearly jumped

00:52:09to their own conclusion.

00:52:10Sister,

00:52:11is this all your dowry?

00:52:13I knew it,

00:52:13you're marrying Alpha Cole

00:52:14after all,

00:52:15and you're even

00:52:16throwing in all of this

00:52:17on top of it.

00:52:18See,

00:52:19and you kept saying

00:52:19you weren't.

00:52:20Oh, Nova,

00:52:21you really are

00:52:22in love with me.

00:52:23I frowned,

00:52:23denying it immediately.

00:52:25It's not what you think.

00:52:25Stop pretending.

00:52:27Yesterday,

00:52:27you said you weren't

00:52:28marrying me,

00:52:28and now you've already

00:52:29got your dowry ready.

00:52:31That's right, Nova.

00:52:33Once you marry in,

00:52:34we'll all be one family.

00:52:36Alpha Cole,

00:52:37didn't you also

00:52:38prepare a gift for Nova?

00:52:40Hurry,

00:52:40give it to me.

00:52:40As she reached for him,

00:52:42something caught the light

00:52:42and flickered past my eyes.

00:52:44A necklace,

00:52:45resting against her collarbone.

00:52:46The Cole family

00:52:47kept an heirloom necklace,

00:52:49passed down for generations,

00:52:50always meant for the family's

00:52:51future Luna.

00:52:52I had hinted at it,

00:52:53asked about it,

00:52:54more times than I could

00:52:55count over the years.

00:52:56He always found some excuse

00:52:57to avoid the subject,

00:52:59never once willing

00:52:59to give it to me.

00:53:00Cole scowled

00:53:01and dug something out

00:53:02from inside his coat.

00:53:03a worn,

00:53:04cracked leather bracelet

00:53:05and tossed it at me.

00:53:08Here,

00:53:09this is for you.

00:53:11Alara wore it

00:53:11until it fell apart,

00:53:12but you can still use it.

00:53:14What goes around

00:53:15comes around,

00:53:16doesn't it, sister?

00:53:17You used to look down on me.

00:53:19Now,

00:53:20all you get to have

00:53:21is what I've already worn out.

00:53:22The moment brought me back

00:53:24to the first time

00:53:24we ever met

00:53:25at a family banquet

00:53:26because she was nothing more

00:53:28than an legitimate daughter.

00:53:29My family,

00:53:30even the servants,

00:53:31treated her like a maid.

00:53:32When she accidentally

00:53:33spilled wine on someone,

00:53:34she was struck across the face

00:53:36without a second thought.

00:53:37Cole couldn't stand

00:53:38watching it happen

00:53:39and stepped in to help her.

00:53:41After that,

00:53:41afraid she'd be mistreated again,

00:53:43he started looking out for her,

00:53:45always saving the best food,

00:53:46the best gifts,

00:53:47for her first.

00:53:48I just feel bad for her,

00:53:49that's all.

00:53:50I only want to help her.

00:53:51At first,

00:53:51I believed him.

00:53:52I thought it really was just pity.

00:53:53Not until the day

00:53:54Alara was forced to marry Ronan.

00:53:56And Cole stormed the ceremony

00:53:57to steal her away.

00:53:59That was when I finally understood.

00:54:01Somewhere along the way,

00:54:02without my ever noticing,

00:54:03Alara had already carved out

00:54:04a place in his heart.

00:54:07So generous with Alaya,

00:54:09so stingy with me.

00:54:11No need.

00:54:13Something this precious

00:54:14should stay with your Alaya.

00:54:16Cole's face darkened instantly.

00:54:19Humiliated,

00:54:20he snatched the bracelet

00:54:21out of my hand

00:54:22and hurled it out the window.

00:54:25Fine.

00:54:26If you don't want it,

00:54:27then it's trash.

00:54:28And don't you dare think

00:54:29you're taking a single thing

00:54:30from me when you get married.

00:54:31I told you.

00:54:32Our wedding has already

00:54:33been called off.

00:54:34Say that again?

00:54:39Huh.

00:54:40Leave Alpha Cole,

00:54:41and nobody's ever going

00:54:43to want you.

00:54:44You'll come crawling back,

00:54:45begging him not to let you go.

00:54:48I didn't even bother

00:54:49explaining anymore.

00:54:50If the two of you

00:54:51have nothing else,

00:54:52please leave.

00:54:53But clearly,

00:54:55neither of them

00:54:55took my words seriously.

00:54:58Nova,

00:54:58don't say things like that

00:54:59out of anger.

00:55:01I know you're upset with me.

00:55:02If it makes you feel better,

00:55:04why don't you hit me

00:55:05a couple times?

00:55:07Get off.

00:55:08Don't touch me.

00:55:09The moment my hand

00:55:10left her arm,

00:55:10Alara let herself go loom,

00:55:12collapsing softly

00:55:13into Cole's chest

00:55:13as if struck.

00:55:14Cole's eyes flared red.

00:55:16Do not touch her.

00:55:16She is carrying my child.

00:55:18His fingers began to shift,

00:55:20claws tearing through skin,

00:55:21dark and sharp.

00:55:22He struck.

00:55:25In all the years

00:55:26Cole and I had known each other,

00:55:27grown up together,

00:55:28he had never once

00:55:29shifted his claws against me.

00:55:30Not once.

00:55:31And the first time

00:55:32he finally did,

00:55:33it was for another woman.

00:55:35For a moment,

00:55:36Cole hesitated.

00:55:37He looked down

00:55:38at the blood

00:55:38running down my arm.

00:55:40But Alara saw her chance.

00:55:44She let out a sharp,

00:55:46sudden cry,

00:55:47clutching her belly,

00:55:48and begged him

00:55:48to take her away immediately.

00:55:50After a moment of hesitation,

00:55:53Cole scooped her up

00:55:53into his arms

00:55:55and walked out

00:55:56without looking back.

00:55:57Alara glanced back

00:55:58over his shoulder.

00:56:02Die alone?

00:56:04Funny.

00:56:05I was getting married

00:56:06in three days.

00:56:07The day before my wedding

00:56:08fell on the moon festival,

00:56:10the one day a year

00:56:11I had always loved the most.

00:56:13Every year before this one,

00:56:15Cole had always come with me

00:56:16to buy crystal lanterns.

00:56:17This year,

00:56:18for the first time,

00:56:19I went alone.

00:56:20When I stepped into

00:56:21Silvermoon City,

00:56:22the entire street

00:56:22stood empty.

00:56:23Every vendor

00:56:24had been pushed aside,

00:56:25their tolves cleared

00:56:26to the edges of the road.

00:56:27Confused,

00:56:28I slowed my steps

00:56:29and caught the voices

00:56:30of two young women nearby.

00:56:31I heard Alpha Cole

00:56:33bought out

00:56:33every single crystal lantern

00:56:34on this street

00:56:35just to make his mate happy.

00:56:36That's not even half of it.

00:56:38He went against

00:56:38the entire Elder Council

00:56:39for her.

00:56:40Exactly.

00:56:40He even angered

00:56:41the young lord

00:56:42and forced his own nova

00:56:43into being a concuboon

00:56:44just for her.

00:56:44I'd howl at the moon

00:56:45alone for a year

00:56:46for someone that devoted.

00:56:47I turned to leave,

00:56:49having no reason

00:56:49to stay any longer.

00:56:50Nova?

00:56:51I turned instinctively

00:56:52and there they were,

00:56:54Cole and Alara,

00:56:55standing not far away.

00:56:59Nova,

00:57:00are you here

00:57:00to buy crystal lanterns too?

00:57:04How's your shoulder?

00:57:05I pushed his hand away

00:57:06without a shred

00:57:07of warmth in my voice.

00:57:09It's fine.

00:57:10Alara held the lantern

00:57:11out towards me.

00:57:12I'm sorry, Nova.

00:57:13Alpha Cole bought out

00:57:14every lantern on this street.

00:57:15Here, why don't you

00:57:16take this one?

00:57:18No, thank you.

00:57:19I stepped back.

00:57:20I never made a habit

00:57:21of using anything

00:57:22someone else had already touched.

00:57:24Not objects.

00:57:25Not people.

00:57:26But Alara wouldn't let it go.

00:57:27She kept crowding closer,

00:57:29refusing to back off.

00:57:30I only meant to push her away,

00:57:32barely any force

00:57:32behind it at all.

00:57:33But Alara clutched

00:57:34at her dress

00:57:35and threw herself backward,

00:57:36dramatically,

00:57:37collapsing onto the ground.

00:57:39Cole!

00:57:40Nova's trying to kill our baby!

00:57:42Cole's face twisted with fury,

00:57:43the instant he saw her

00:57:45on the ground.

00:57:45He shoved me,

00:57:46hard,

00:57:47without a second of hesitation.

00:57:48How dare you do this!

00:57:50Kneel down and apologize to her,

00:57:52right now!

00:57:53It happened too fast.

00:57:54I had no chance

00:57:55to brace myself

00:57:55before I hit the ground,

00:57:57forced down onto my knees.

00:58:01And then,

00:58:02a voice,

00:58:02low,

00:58:03deep,

00:58:04carrying and pressed down

00:58:05on the entire street,

00:58:06cut through the air behind me.

00:58:07Who dares touch my mate?

00:58:09I turned around.

00:58:10A massive black wolf shadow

00:58:12hung suspended in the air

00:58:13above the street,

00:58:14its presence so overwhelming

00:58:15it seemed to swallow

00:58:16the light around it whole.

00:58:19That's the Alpha King's

00:58:20Nightfall Wolf.

00:58:21Why is it here?

00:58:22The black shadow slowly faded,

00:58:24dissolving into the night air

00:58:25until it was gone completely.

00:58:27Cole and Alara stood there

00:58:28for a moment,

00:58:28trying to comfort each other.

00:58:32You don't think

00:58:32he's come back for you,

00:58:33do you?

00:58:33Alara's face drained

00:58:34of color instantly,

00:58:35panic flooding her eyes.

00:58:37Confidence they'd carried

00:58:38a moment Begore was gone.

00:58:39The two of them

00:58:40slipped away quickly.

00:58:42I kept walking alone,

00:58:43the mood of the night

00:58:44thoroughly ruined.

00:58:45Without warning,

00:58:46a hand grabbed me

00:58:47and pulled me into

00:58:47a narrow alley.

00:58:48I tensed instantly,

00:58:49already bracing to fight back.

00:58:50I looked up.

00:58:51It was Ronan.

00:58:52I followed you the whole way.

00:58:53Watching you get pushed

00:58:54around like that,

00:58:55it put me in a foul mood.

00:58:58And why did you follow me?

00:59:00I,

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

00:59:02I was too excited

00:59:02to sleep at all.

00:59:04I'm nothing but

00:59:05a rejected Luna,

00:59:06you know.

00:59:06A general's daughter

00:59:08who's never even had

00:59:08a wolf of her own,

00:59:09let alone a faded mate.

00:59:11Just don't come to regret this.

00:59:13I won't.

00:59:15He pulled me closer,

00:59:16gently drawing me

00:59:17toward the curve of his neck.

00:59:18As I leaned in,

00:59:20close enough to feel

00:59:20the warmth of his skin,

00:59:22something strange

00:59:22stirred inside me.

00:59:23A scent,

00:59:24faint,

00:59:25unfamiliar,

00:59:26and yet impossibly familiar

00:59:27all at once,

00:59:28wrapped around me.

00:59:30Why,

00:59:30why was his scent

00:59:31pulling at me like this?

00:59:33Why couldn't I resist it?

00:59:34I pulled back sharply.

00:59:36Are you my...

00:59:38Ronan seemed thrown off

00:59:39by the way I was staring at him.

00:59:42I'll see you tomorrow,

00:59:43my Luna.

00:59:45The next morning,

00:59:46the maids woke me early,

00:59:47dressing me,

00:59:48styling my hair,

00:59:50wrapping me in my wedding gown.

00:59:51That was when it finally felt real.

00:59:53I was really getting married.

00:59:55Only this time,

00:59:56the groom waiting for me

00:59:57wasn't Cole,

00:59:58the childhood companion

00:59:58I had spent years hoping for.

01:00:00It was Alpha King Ronan.

01:00:01When the wedding procession

01:00:03finally arrived,

01:00:04I froze.

01:00:05Leading it was Cole.

01:00:06He saw me standing there,

01:00:07in my full wedding attire,

01:00:09and his expression

01:00:10twisted instantly.

01:00:13How dare you dress

01:00:14more beautiful

01:00:14than Alara did

01:00:15on her wedding day.

01:00:16You're nothing

01:00:17but a chosen mate.

01:00:18I'm here today

01:00:19to take my second Luna.

01:00:20Go change.

01:00:21Right now.

01:00:22I didn't back down

01:00:23for a second.

01:00:24I've told you this

01:00:25more than once.

01:00:26Our wedding is off.

01:00:27The man I'm marrying today

01:00:28isn't you.

01:00:30Don't throw a fight

01:00:31over this.

01:00:32You're both my Lunas.

01:00:33I'll treat you equally.

01:00:34Come with me, okay?

01:00:39Ronan rode in

01:00:40at the head

01:00:40of the procession,

01:00:41an endless line

01:00:42of carriages

01:00:42trailing behind him,

01:00:44each one loaded

01:00:44with gold, jewels,

01:00:46treasures beyond counting.

01:00:47His gaze landed on Cole

01:00:48and on the pitiful

01:00:49procession behind him,

01:00:51fewer than 20 people

01:00:52in total.

01:00:54Well, well,

01:00:55Alpha Cole.

01:00:56Trying to steal

01:00:57my wife again?

01:01:11On our wedding day,

01:01:13my chosen mate Cole left

01:01:14and took my illegitimate

01:01:15sister Alara

01:01:16from her wedding

01:01:17because he didn't want her

01:01:18to marry the pack's

01:01:19infamous playboy,

01:01:20Alpha King Ronan.

01:01:21Alira's moans and screams

01:01:22ringing out through the pack.

01:01:23The whole pack was waiting

01:01:25to watch me and Ronan

01:01:26become a joke.

01:01:27A general's daughter

01:01:28and an Alpha King

01:01:29both rejected

01:01:30on the same night.

01:01:31But the next day,

01:01:32Ronan came to my door,

01:01:33dragging chests of gold

01:01:34and jewels behind him.

01:01:36A debt is a debt.

01:01:38Cole stole my bride,

01:01:40so he owes me his.

01:01:41I want you as my mate.

01:01:43That's fair, isn't it?

01:01:44I'll marry you.

01:01:46He clearly hadn't expected me

01:01:47to agree to something

01:01:48so absurd.

01:02:01He wasn't nearly as reckless

01:02:03as the rumors claimed.

01:02:04If anything,

01:02:05he was a little endearing.

01:02:07Not long after Ronan left,

01:02:09I went back to Cole's home

01:02:10to pack my things

01:02:11and move out.

01:02:13Halfway through,

01:02:14Cole came back.

01:02:15He was holding Alara

01:02:16and this time,

01:02:17she didn't bother hiding it.

01:02:19She lifted her dress

01:02:20to show off

01:02:20her six-month pregnant belly.

01:02:24So they'd been sneaking around

01:02:25behind my back

01:02:26for at least six months.

01:02:28Disgusting.

01:02:30Cole,

01:02:30you're standing here

01:02:31with your six-month

01:02:32pregnant mate.

01:02:33What could you possibly

01:02:35want now?

01:02:36Nova,

01:02:36I didn't want it to be this way,

01:02:38but Alara is gentle

01:02:39and she's my fated mate.

01:02:41She's carrying my child.

01:02:42I couldn't just watch her

01:02:43get thrown to that

01:02:44reckless playboy

01:02:45of an alpha king.

01:02:49I'm a strong alpha.

01:02:51How could I let my fainted mate

01:02:52suffer a marriage like that?

01:02:54And yet he could watch me

01:02:55and the entire Draven family

01:02:57become the pack's laughing stock

01:02:58without blinking.

01:02:59The moment he stormed

01:03:00that ceremony,

01:03:01whatever we had

01:03:02was already over.

01:03:03Then that settles it.

01:03:04Our wedding is off.

01:03:08Nova,

01:03:09don't be like this.

01:03:09Even if I marry her,

01:03:11it won't change anything

01:03:11between us.

01:03:12I've already decided

01:03:13you'll marry me too.

01:03:15You'll be my Luna as well.

01:03:16Two Lunas?

01:03:17Since when has our pack

01:03:18ever allowed that?

01:03:21You swore to the moon goddessy.

01:03:23You said you would be loyal to me

01:03:24and only me.

01:03:26I did.

01:03:27I chose you as my mate

01:03:29because I needed someone

01:03:30fit to be my Luna.

01:03:31You were never more

01:03:32than my chosen mate, Nova.

01:03:33But when I met Alara,

01:03:35I realized she's my fated mate.

01:03:38Nothing in this world

01:03:39compares to her.

01:03:40I looked at Alara,

01:03:41who was still stroking her belly,

01:03:43making sure everyone saw it.

01:03:45You knew he already had a mate.

01:03:48So why did you run

01:03:49from your own wedding?

01:03:50Why choose to be

01:03:51someone's mistress instead?

01:03:52Alara's eyes welled up instantly.

01:03:57You're so harsh with me.

01:03:59Alpha Cole just didn't want me to suffer.

01:04:01That's all he did.

01:04:02He saved me.

01:04:04Are you...

01:04:04Are you just jealous?

01:04:06Alpha Cole already said

01:04:08you could be his Luna too.

01:04:12An illegitimate daughter

01:04:13really doesn't know

01:04:14how to carry herself

01:04:15in front of others,

01:04:16does she?

01:04:18Alara's face crumbled instantly.

01:04:19She burst into tears,

01:04:21burying herself

01:04:21against Cole's chest.

01:04:25Nova,

01:04:26how could you say

01:04:27something like that to her?

01:04:28Look what you've done!

01:04:29You've made her cry!

01:04:30He held Alara tighter,

01:04:31glaring at me,

01:04:32as if I were the one

01:04:33in the wrong.

01:04:34Alara is so kind-hearted.

01:04:37Once you marry in,

01:04:38she won't make things hard for you.

01:04:40I know it's a step down,

01:04:41but you'll just have to accept

01:04:42being my second Luna for now.

01:04:44You and Alara

01:04:45will both be my Lunas.

01:04:46As long as you fulfill your duties,

01:04:48I won't play favorites.

01:04:50Oh,

01:04:51and what exactly are these duties?

01:04:54You'll raise our children,

01:04:55and you'll still manage

01:04:56the pack's daily affairs.

01:04:58Your standing in the pack

01:04:59won't be affected at all.

01:05:00So you want two Lunas?

01:05:01One to sleep beside you,

01:05:03and one to obediently

01:05:04raise your children

01:05:05and handle your chores?

01:05:06A general's daughter,

01:05:07reduced to a second Luna.

01:05:09I almost admired him

01:05:10for having the nerve

01:05:11to say it out loud.

01:05:14I'd advise you to cherish

01:05:16what's already been arranged for you.

01:05:17This is already the best outcome

01:05:18you're going to get.

01:05:19Cole stepped forward,

01:05:20his tone softening,

01:05:22as if he were doing me a favor.

01:05:24Nova,

01:05:25Alara has already sacrificed so much.

01:05:27Just agreed to be Luna

01:05:29alongside her.

01:05:32She doesn't need to sacrifice

01:05:34anything at all,

01:05:35because I will never agree.

01:05:37We're done.

01:05:39What?

01:05:40What did you just say?

01:05:41The pack members

01:05:42were already whispering

01:05:43among themselves.

01:05:44Is she out of her mind?

01:05:45She actually wants to leave

01:05:46Alpha Cole?

01:05:47If she leaves the pack,

01:05:49she won't survive

01:05:50a week out there.

01:05:53You're really making this

01:05:54difficult for me, Nova.

01:05:56I almost laughed.

01:05:57Who turned me into

01:05:58the pack's laughing stock?

01:05:59And now he had the nerve

01:06:00to say I was the one

01:06:02making things difficult.

01:06:04I told you,

01:06:06I will never be

01:06:07your second Luna.

01:06:08He raised his hand

01:06:09and struck me hard

01:06:10across the face.

01:06:11Nova,

01:06:12you're being

01:06:12completely unreasonable.

01:06:14Everyone knows

01:06:15you've clung to me

01:06:15since childhood.

01:06:16I've had my fill

01:06:17of you for years.

01:06:18Do you really think

01:06:19anyone else would want you now?

01:06:20Get out of my house!

01:06:24Good, let her go.

01:06:26Don't let her take

01:06:26a single thing with her.

01:06:28So you want me dead?

01:06:29And you want to take

01:06:29everything I own?

01:06:30My whole body

01:06:31was shaking with fury.

01:06:33Behind me,

01:06:33Cole's pack members

01:06:34roared in unison.

01:06:35Reject that bitch!

01:06:38Rotten vegetables

01:06:39and eggs

01:06:39flew through the air,

01:06:40striking my back,

01:06:41my shoulders,

01:06:42the ground at my feet.

01:06:43I knew,

01:06:44in that moment,

01:06:45that the Cole

01:06:45who once looked at me

01:06:46like I was the center

01:06:47of his world,

01:06:48the one who couldn't bear

01:06:49to see me suffer

01:06:50even the smallest slight,

01:06:51was already dead.

01:06:52What stood in front of me now

01:06:53was nothing more

01:06:54than Alara's mate.

01:06:55But it doesn't matter.

01:06:56Luckily,

01:06:56I already have a new,

01:06:58much better mate

01:06:58who could crush them

01:06:59in seconds.

01:07:00And soon,

01:07:01we would be married.

01:07:02Ronan didn't give me

01:07:03any time to change my mind.

01:07:05The very next day,

01:07:06the Draven family

01:07:07came to formally propose,

01:07:09carrying 108 chests

01:07:10of betrothal gifts,

01:07:12filling my room

01:07:12to the brim.

01:07:14I was just about

01:07:15to have the servants

01:07:16move everything into storage

01:07:17when Cole walked in,

01:07:19Alara trailing behind him.

01:07:22Seeing the chests

01:07:23piled everywhere,

01:07:24the two of them

01:07:24clearly jumped

01:07:25to their own conclusion.

01:07:27Sister,

01:07:27is this all your dowry?

01:07:29I knew it.

01:07:30You're marrying Alpha Cole

01:07:31after all,

01:07:32and you're even throwing in

01:07:33all of this on top of it.

01:07:35See,

01:07:35and you kept saying

01:07:36you weren't.

01:07:36Oh, Nova,

01:07:37you really are

01:07:38in love with me.

01:07:39I frowned,

01:07:40denying it immediately.

01:07:41It's not what you think.

01:07:42Stop pretending.

01:07:43Yesterday,

01:07:44you said you weren't

01:07:44marrying me,

01:07:45and now you've already

01:07:46got your dowry ready.

01:07:48That's right,

01:07:48Nova.

01:07:49Once you marry in,

01:07:50we'll all be one family.

01:07:52Alpha Cole,

01:07:53didn't you also

01:07:54prepare a gift for Nova?

01:07:56Hurry,

01:07:57give it to me.

01:07:57As she reached for him,

01:07:58something caught the light

01:07:59and flickered past my eyes.

01:08:00A necklace,

01:08:01resting against her collarbone.

01:08:03The Cole family

01:08:04kept an heirloom necklace,

01:08:05passed down for generations,

01:08:07always meant for the family's

01:08:08future Luna.

01:08:09I had hinted at it,

01:08:10asked about it,

01:08:10more times than I could

01:08:11count over the years.

01:08:12He always found some excuse

01:08:14to avoid the subject,

01:08:15never once willing

01:08:16to give it to me.

01:08:17Cole scowled

01:08:18and dug something out

01:08:19from inside his coat,

01:08:20a worn,

01:08:20cracked leather bracelet

01:08:22and tossed it at me.

01:08:25Here,

01:08:26this is for you.

01:08:27Alara wore it

01:08:28until it fell apart,

01:08:28but you can still use it.

01:08:31What goes around

01:08:32comes around,

01:08:32doesn't it, sister?

01:08:34You used to look down on me.

01:08:35Now,

01:08:36all you get to have

01:08:37is what I've already worn out.

01:08:39The moment brought me back

01:08:40to the first time

01:08:41we ever met

01:08:42at a family banquet

01:08:43because she was nothing more

01:08:44than an legitimate daughter.

01:08:46My family,

01:08:46even the servants,

01:08:47treated her like a maid.

01:08:49When she accidentally

01:08:50spilled wine on someone,

01:08:51she was struck across the face

01:08:52without a second thought.

01:08:54Cole couldn't stand

01:08:55watching it happen

01:08:55and stepped in to help her.

01:08:57After that,

01:08:58afraid she'd be mistreated again,

01:09:00he started looking out for her,

01:09:01always saving the best food,

01:09:03the best gifts,

01:09:03for her first.

01:09:04I just feel bad for her,

01:09:06that's all.

01:09:06I only want to help her.

01:09:07At first,

01:09:07I believed him.

01:09:08I thought it really was just pity.

01:09:10Not until the day

01:09:11Alara was forced to marry Ronan.

01:09:12And Cole stormed the ceremony

01:09:14to steal her away.

01:09:15That was when I finally understood.

01:09:17Somewhere along the way,

01:09:18without my ever noticing,

01:09:20Alara had already carved out

01:09:21a place in his heart.

01:09:24So generous with Alaya,

01:09:26so stingy with me.

01:09:28No need.

01:09:29Something this precious

01:09:30should stay with your Alaya.

01:09:33Cole's face darkened instantly.

01:09:36Humiliated,

01:09:37he snatched the bracelet

01:09:38out of my hand

01:09:38and hurled it out the window.

01:09:41Fine.

01:09:42If you don't want it,

01:09:43then it's trash.

01:09:44And don't you dare think

01:09:45you're taking a single thing

01:09:47from me when you get married.

01:09:48I told you.

01:09:49Our wedding has already

01:09:50been called off.

01:09:51Say that again?

01:09:56Huh.

01:09:57Leave Alpha Cole

01:09:58and nobody's ever going to want you.

01:10:00You'll come crawling back,

01:10:02begging him not to let you go.

01:10:04I didn't even bother

01:10:05explaining anymore.

01:10:07If the two of you

01:10:08have nothing else,

01:10:09please leave.

01:10:10But clearly,

01:10:11neither of them

01:10:12took my words seriously.

01:10:14Nova,

01:10:15don't say things like that

01:10:16out of anger.

01:10:17I know you're upset with me.

01:10:19If it makes you feel better,

01:10:20why don't you hit me

01:10:21a couple times?

01:10:24Get off.

01:10:25Don't touch me.

01:10:25The moment my hand

01:10:26left her arm,

01:10:27Alara let herself go loom,

01:10:28collapsing softly

01:10:29into Cole's chest

01:10:30as if struck.

01:10:31Cole's eyes flared red.

01:10:32Do not touch her.

01:10:33She is carrying my child.

01:10:34His fingers began to shift,

01:10:36claws tearing through skin,

01:10:38dark and sharp.

01:10:39He struck.

01:10:41In all the years

01:10:42Cole and I had known each other,

01:10:44grown up together,

01:10:44he had never once

01:10:45shifted his claws against me.

01:10:47Not once.

01:10:48And the first time

01:10:49he finally did,

01:10:50it was for another woman.

01:10:51For a moment,

01:10:52Cole hesitated.

01:10:53He looked down at the blood

01:10:55running down my arm.

01:10:57But Alara saw her chance.

01:11:01She let out a sharp,

01:11:02sudden cry,

01:11:03clutching her belly

01:11:04and begged him

01:11:05to take her away immediately.

01:11:07After a moment of hesitation,

01:11:09Cole scooped her up

01:11:10into his arms

01:11:12and walked out

01:11:13without looking back.

01:11:14Alara glanced back

01:11:15over his shoulder.

01:11:19Die alone?

01:11:20Funny.

01:11:21I was getting married

01:11:22in three days.

01:11:24The day before my wedding

01:11:25fell on the moon festival,

01:11:26the one day a year

01:11:28I had always loved the most.

01:11:29Every year before this one,

01:11:31Cole had always come with me

01:11:32to buy crystal lanterns.

01:11:34This year,

01:11:35for the first time,

01:11:35I went alone.

01:11:36When I stepped into Silvermoon City,

01:11:38the entire street stood empty.

01:11:40Every vendor

01:11:41had been pushed aside,

01:11:42their tolves cleared

01:11:42to the edges of the road.

01:11:44Confused,

01:11:45I slowed my steps

01:11:46and caught the voices

01:11:47of two young women nearby.

01:11:48I heard Alpha Cole

01:11:49bought out

01:11:50every single crystal lantern

01:11:51on this street

01:11:51just to make his mate happy.

01:11:53That's not even half of it.

01:11:54He went against

01:11:55the entire Elder Council for her.

01:11:56Exactly.

01:11:57He even angered

01:11:58the young lord

01:11:58and forced his own Nova

01:11:59into being a concuboon

01:12:00just for her.

01:12:01I'd howl at the moon alone

01:12:02for a year

01:12:03for someone that devoted.

01:12:04I turned to leave,

01:12:05having no reason

01:12:06to stay any longer.

01:12:07Nova?

01:12:08I turned instinctively

01:12:09and there they were,

01:12:11Cole and Alara

01:12:11standing not far away.

01:12:16Nova,

01:12:16are you here

01:12:17to buy crystal lanterns too?

01:12:21How's your shoulder?

01:12:22I pushed his hand away

01:12:23without a shred of warmth

01:12:24in my voice.

01:12:25It's fine.

01:12:26Alara held the lantern

01:12:27out towards me.

01:12:28I'm sorry, Nova.

01:12:29Alpha Cole bought out

01:12:30every lantern on this street.

01:12:32Here,

01:12:32why don't you take this one?

01:12:34No, thank you.

01:12:35I stepped back.

01:12:37I never made a habit

01:12:38of using anything

01:12:38someone else had already touched.

01:12:40Not objects.

01:12:41Not people.

01:12:42But Alara wouldn't let it go.

01:12:44She kept crowding closer,

01:12:45refusing to back off.

01:12:47I only meant to push her away,

01:12:48barely any force behind it at all,

01:12:50but Alara clutched at her dress

01:12:51and threw herself backward,

01:12:53dramatically,

01:12:53collapsing onto the ground.

01:12:55Cole!

01:12:56Nova's trying to kill our baby!

01:12:58Cole's face twisted with fury

01:13:00the instant he saw her on the ground.

01:13:01He shoved me,

01:13:03hard,

01:13:03without a second of hesitation.

01:13:05How dare you do this!

01:13:06Kneel down and apologize to her,

01:13:08right now!

01:13:09It happened too fast.

01:13:10I had no chance to brace myself

01:13:12before I hit the ground,

01:13:13forced down onto my knees.

01:13:17And then,

01:13:18a voice,

01:13:19low,

01:13:20deep,

01:13:20carrying and pressed down

01:13:21on the entire street,

01:13:22cut through the air behind me.

01:13:24Who dares touch my mate?

01:13:26I turned around.

01:13:27A massive black wolf shadow

01:13:28hung suspended in the air

01:13:29above the street,

01:13:30its presence so overwhelming

01:13:32it seemed to swallow

01:13:33the light around it whole.

01:13:35That's the Alpha King's

01:13:37nightfall wolf.

01:13:37Why is it here?

01:13:39The black shadow slowly faded,

01:13:40dissolving into the night air

01:13:42until it was gone completely.

01:13:43Cole and Alara stood there

01:13:44for a moment,

01:13:45trying to comfort each other.

01:13:48You don't think

01:13:49he's come back for you,

01:13:50do you?

01:13:50Alara's face drained of color

01:13:51instantly,

01:13:52panic flooding her eyes.

01:13:53Confidence they'd carried

01:13:54a moment Bagor was gone.

01:13:56The two of them

01:13:56slipped away quickly.

01:13:58I kept walking alone,

01:14:00the mood of the night

01:14:00thoroughly ruined.

01:14:02Without warning,

01:14:02a hand grabbed me

01:14:03and pulled me into a narrow alley.

01:14:04I tensed instantly,

01:14:05already bracing to fight back.

01:14:07I looked up.

01:14:07It was Ronan.

01:14:08I followed you the whole way.

01:14:10Watching you get pushed around

01:14:11like that,

01:14:11it put me in a foul mood.

01:14:14And why did you follow me?

01:14:17I'm marrying you tomorrow.

01:14:18I was too excited

01:14:19to sleep at all.

01:14:21I'm nothing but

01:14:22a rejected Luna,

01:14:23you know.

01:14:23A general's daughter

01:14:24who's never even had

01:14:25a wolf of her own,

01:14:26let alone a faded mate.

01:14:27Just don't come

01:14:28to regret this.

01:14:30I won't.

01:14:31He pulled me closer,

01:14:32gently drawing me

01:14:33toward the curve

01:14:34of his neck.

01:14:35As I leaned in,

01:14:36close enough to feel

01:14:37the warmth of his skin,

01:14:38something strange

01:14:39stirred inside me.

01:14:40A scent,

01:14:41faint,

01:14:41unfamiliar,

01:14:42and yet impossibly familiar

01:14:44all at once

01:14:44wrapped around me.

01:14:46Why,

01:14:47why was his scent

01:14:48pulling at me like this?

01:14:49Why couldn't I resist it?

01:14:50I pulled back sharply.

01:14:52Are you my...

01:14:54Ronan seemed thrown off

01:14:56by the way

01:14:56I was staring at him.

01:14:58I'll see you tomorrow,

01:15:00my Luna.

01:15:01The next morning,

01:15:02the maids woke me early,

01:15:04dressing me,

01:15:05styling my hair,

01:15:06wrapping me

01:15:07in my wedding gown.

01:15:08That was when

01:15:09it finally felt real.

01:15:10I was really getting married.

01:15:11Only this time,

01:15:12the groom waiting for me

01:15:13wasn't Cole,

01:15:14the childhood companion

01:15:15I had spent years

01:15:16hoping for.

01:15:16It was Alpha King Ronan.

01:15:18When the wedding procession

01:15:19finally arrived,

01:15:20I froze.

01:15:21Leading it was Cole.

01:15:22He saw me standing there,

01:15:24in my full wedding attire,

01:15:25and his expression

01:15:26twisted instantly.

01:15:29How dare you dress

01:15:30more beautiful

01:15:31than Alara did

01:15:32on her wedding day.

01:15:33You're nothing

01:15:33but a chosen mate.

01:15:34I'm here today

01:15:35to take my second Luna.

01:15:37Go change.

01:15:38Right now.

01:15:39I didn't back down

01:15:40for a second.

01:15:40I've told you this

01:15:41more than once.

01:15:42Our wedding is off.

01:15:43The man I'm marrying

01:15:44today isn't you.

01:15:47Don't throw a fight

01:15:48over this.

01:15:49You're both my Lunas.

01:15:50I'll treat you equally.

01:15:51Come with me, okay?

01:15:56Ronan rode in

01:15:56at the head

01:15:57of the procession,

01:15:58an endless line

01:15:58of carriages

01:15:59trailing behind him,

01:16:00each one loaded

01:16:01with gold, jewels,

01:16:02treasures beyond counting.

01:16:03His gaze landed on Cole,

01:16:05and on the pitiful

01:16:06procession behind him,

01:16:07fewer than 20 people

01:16:08in total.

01:16:11Well, well,

01:16:12Alpha Cole,

01:16:13trying to steal

01:16:13my wife again?

01:16:14my wife again?

01:16:16I got a little bit of a

01:16:18rope meeting.

01:16:18I got a little bit of a

01:16:20Fred and luckily,

01:16:20of the neck

01:16:20I left high

01:16:20I got a little

01:16:22head high

01:16:22to move on.

01:16:22I got a little bit ofio,

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