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Seven sounds like escalation. It is not. Nothing worsens across those years. The same decision is made the same way every time: she cries, he folds.
What changes across seven repetitions is not the man. It is her supply of patience, finite, invisible until the night it runs out.
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- The seventh happens off the emotional peak, not on it.
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guide note on After 7 Alpha Rejections, I Became Queen, and the number in the title is doing structural work.
Seven sounds like escalation. It is not. Nothing worsens across those years. The same decision is made the same way every time: she cries, he folds.
What changes across seven repetitions is not the man. It is her supply of patience, finite, invisible until the night it runs out.
So the eighth time is not a bigger version of the first. It is a different event. She does not appeal. She signs.
The show hides the countdown inside a word that looks like a summary.
✨ What worked for me:
- No single rejection is written as the worst.
- The seventh happens off the emotional peak, not on it.
✨ Bottom line: seven is not rising action. It is a tolerance curve.
At which number would you have stopped?
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00:02As I left the main Blackwood estate, terrestrial rain pounded on the steps.
00:07The pack members who had sworn allegiance to me before the crest of the moon goddess stood in two rows.
00:13But not one of them dared to look up at me.
00:17Damien chased after me.
00:20Lena, stop!
00:21He grabbed my wrist and pressed right onto the wound.
00:24Blood seeped out again.
00:26I looked at his hand.
00:28Let go.
00:30He paused for a moment.
00:32I used to soften whenever he touched me.
00:35Even if just a second ago, he had humiliated me for Celeste's sake.
00:39But right now, all I felt was pain.
00:43Damien, you're hurting me.
00:46He let go as if he had been burned.
00:49Celeste, wearing his coat, stood in the doorway and said softly,
00:56Lena, he's just worried about you.
00:59I raised my bleeding wrist.
01:02Forcing me to sign with a silver blade is your idea of worrying.
01:06Celeste's face paled for a moment.
01:08Damien immediately stepped in front of her.
01:10Don't take your anger out on her.
01:12It was always like this.
01:14If she cried, the whole world was supposed to make way for her.
01:18Seven years ago, when I married Damien, my mother told me to keep my true surname a secret.
01:25Lena, the name Ashburn brings both crowns and bloodshed.
01:31I didn't understand back then.
01:33All I knew was that I loved Damien.
01:39When Damien pressed the silver blade against my wrist,
01:42his first love was sitting on my throne, wearing my Luna dress.
01:45The entire Blackwood pack was watching.
01:47The guards and witnesses of the Moon Goddess Council all remained silent.
01:51Celeste reached out and touched my corona, smiling innocently.
01:55Lena, don't blame Damien.
01:57Just sign the Luna severance agreement already.
02:00I looked at Damien.
02:02Seven years ago, he held my hand at the Temple of the Moon and said I was his only mate.
02:07Seven years later, he threw an agreement in front of me.
02:10Luna suspension accord.
02:13Temporarily severed the Luna bond.
02:15Thirty days later, the Alpha will have the option to renew the mate bond.
02:19Choose again.
02:20I've heard those two words six times already.
02:22The first time, he took my Luna ring at my birthday party,
02:25saying that Celeste had just returned to North America and couldn't be ruined by rumors.
02:28The third time, he drained my healing wolf blood to save her,
02:31leaving me unconscious in the medical pod for seven days.
02:34The sixth time, he asked me to move out of the master bedroom,
02:37because Celeste said she couldn't stand my scent.
02:40Now, for the seventh time, he didn't even bother to comfort me.
02:45Sorry.
02:45I looked at the agreement and suddenly smiled.
02:48Why did it have to be today?
02:53Celeste's eyes immediately looked at me.
02:57Lena, tonight is my bloodline hearing.
03:00The council stipulates that bloodline candidates under the public protection of an Alpha
03:05cannot be involved in mate disputes.
03:08If you keep the Luna title, the council will cancel my hearing
03:13and brand me a homewrecker who interfered with an Alpha's mate bond.
03:17I understand.
03:18The bloodline hearing is the highest level of bloodline certification in the North American sanctuary.
03:23Once approved, candidates gain noble status, council protection,
03:27eligibility for half marriage, and even become legitimate new candidates.
03:31Celeste wanted to transform from Damien's first love
03:33into a noblewoman recognized by the Moon Goddess Council.
03:36And I was her only obstacle.
03:38I looked at Damien.
03:39So, you want to kick me out of Luna's position first,
03:42just so she can pass the review with a clean record?
03:44Damien frowned.
03:45It's only temporary.
03:46Celeste may be a distant branch of the lost royal family.
03:49If she passes the hearing, Blackwood will gain new leverage in the council.
03:53Lena, you should think about the pack.
03:55I see.
03:56He wanted both my protection and the title for Celeste.
03:59He still thought I would never leave.
04:01The silver blade pressed into my wrist, and blood dripped onto the agreement.
04:05Just 30 days.
04:07I will choose you again.
04:09I would have believed him in the past.
04:11I would have cried, begged, and kneeled at his feet,
04:14pleading with him not to reject me again.
04:16But this time, I picked up the pen and calmly signed my name.
04:22Lena Ashburn.
04:26For a moment, the entire hall seemed to freeze.
04:29Damien's pupils suddenly contracted.
04:32Ashburn.
04:32There wasn't a single werewolf in the North American sanctuary who didn't know this surname.
04:3720 years ago, a civil war tore for the Ashburn royal family.
04:41The moon crown disappeared, and it was rumored that the main tree went extinct.
04:45Since then, no one dared to use that surname.
04:47Impersonating a royal bloodline meant execution by the moon goddess council.
04:52Damien stared tently at my signature.
04:56Lena, do you know what this surname means?
04:59I put down my pen.
05:02I know.
05:02He sneered.
05:03Ashburn is long gone.
05:05You dare to use the name of a lost royal family just to spine me?
05:09I looked up at him.
05:10Who told you Ashburn was gone?
05:14I personally unclossed the mate bond necklace from the back of my neck.
05:17Damien, I accept your rejection.
05:19The moment the mate bond severed, the excruciating pain felt like silver flames burning through my bones.
05:25Damien groaned, his face going deathly pale.
05:31I took a step back.
05:32The seventh time, and the last time, my phone screen lit up.
05:36Ashburn royal rights revivigation order.
05:3872-hour countdown begins.
05:40Damien was unaware.
05:42Tonight, he wasn't rejecting a wife who couldn't live without him.
05:44He was rejecting the crown that had sustained the Blackwood family for seven years.
05:52As I left the main Blackwood estate, terrestrial rain pounded on the steps.
05:57The pack members who had sworn allegiance to me before the crest of the moon goddess stood in two rows.
06:03But not one of them dared to look up at me.
06:06Damien chased after me.
06:09Lena, stop!
06:10He grabbed my wrist and pressed right onto the wound.
06:14Blood seeped out again.
06:16I looked at his hand.
06:18Let go.
06:19He paused for a moment.
06:22I used to soften whenever he touched me.
06:24Even if just a second ago, he had humiliated me for Celeste's sake.
06:28But right now, all I felt was pain.
06:32Damien, you're hurting me.
06:35He let go as if he had been burned.
06:39Celeste, wearing his coat, stood in the doorway and said softly,
06:46Lena, he's just worried about you.
06:49I raised my bleeding wrist.
06:52Forcing me to sign with a silver blade as your idea of worry.
06:55Celeste's face paled for a moment.
06:57Damien immediately stepped in front of her.
06:59Don't take your anger out on me now.
07:01It was always like this.
07:03If she cried, the whole world was supposed to make way for her.
07:07Seven years ago, when I married Damien, my mother told me to keep my true surname a secret.
07:15Lena.
07:16The name Ashburn raised both my rounds and my bloodshed.
07:20I didn't understand both of them.
07:22All I knew was that I loved Damien.
07:28So I concealed my moon-found bloodline, gave up my right to inherit the royal throne, and stood by his
07:36side as Lady Blackwood.
07:38Taking him from nothing to the top of the North American sanctuary.
07:44He believed that Blackwood's rise was due to his own abilities.
07:49But what he didn't know was that it was the Ashburn royal credit
07:55that truly opened the doors of the financial world for him.
08:03It was Ashburn's proxy vote that suppressed the Elders' impeachment against him.
08:09What calmed his feral wolf instincts was the last drop of the moon-crown royal blood in my veins.
08:16Celeste wanted a bloodline hearing.
08:18Not just to clear her name.
08:20She had fabricated a bloodline of a lost royal collateral branch.
08:25If the hearing passed, she would receive council certification and legitimatize herself.
08:31At that time, she would be qualified to stand beside Damien
08:34and qualified to replace me as the new Luna.
08:38Therefore, she had to force Damien to publicly sever our bond.
08:43What she wanted was innocence.
08:45What she wanted was my position.
08:49Damien softened his tone when he saw my silence.
08:53I will restore your Luna title in 30 days.
08:55Go stay in the city for a few days and avoid any further conflict with Celeste.
09:00I nodded.
09:02I won't have any more conflicts with her.
09:05He visibly breathed a sigh of relief because I'm done with you.
09:11What did you say?
09:15Don't you understand?
09:18I'm done with you.
09:21Lena, you can't live without me.
09:24You said the same thing last time, but didn't you still come back?
09:27I got into the car and took one last look at them before closing the door.
09:32Then you'd better pray that I'll come back this time.
09:36The car drove away from the estate.
09:38In the rearview mirror, Damien was still standing in the rain, looking down from his high horse.
09:44He didn't know.
09:4572 hours later, he'd be begging me on his knees not to take everything back.
09:50In those final 72 hours, I gave Damien a chance.
09:53If he truly chose me just once, the Ashburn Rite's revocation order would be cancelled.
09:59I had even prepared a graceful out for him.
10:02If only he came to the night of the moon's coronation.
10:06If only he said in front of the council, Lena is my Luna.
10:11I would have given these seven years a dignified ending.
10:15But 15 minutes before the ceremony began, Damien didn't show.
10:19The moon priestess looked at me, his voice low.
10:23Miss Ashburn, are you sure you want to wait?
10:26I didn't answer.
10:28He glanced at the moonstone in the center of the temple.
10:32Tonight is the night of the moon's coronation, and also Blackwood's annual sanctuary ceremony.
10:39According to the council's decree, Albus was first to have confirmed their moon.
10:43Only a confirmed lunar is qualified to light the moonstone through their path.
10:48I gripped the moon crown, Sartre Titan.
10:52What if he doesn't show you?
10:53The priestess was silent for the moment.
10:56Then the protection in France, both the attributed to Blackwood.
10:59Blackwood's moon goddess, Baron, the house is seated.
11:01Albus witnesses that all inspire our commitment,
11:04very guaranteed behind all their business projects,
11:07will also be closed in Sartre Titan.
11:09I lowered my eyes.
11:10It all came down to just one sentence from him.
11:14If only he said one thing.
11:16Lena is my Luna.
11:18I could still extend Blackwood's protection for another year as their Luna.
11:23My phone vibrated at that exact moment.
11:26Celeste sent a photo.
11:27On a private jet, she was leaning against Damien.
11:29His coat draped over her shoulders.
11:31The caption was only one sentence.
11:33Before the hearing began, he chose me first.
11:44As I left the main Blackwood estate,
11:47terrestrial rain pounded on the steps.
11:49The pack members who had sworn allegiance to me
11:52before the crest of the moon goddess stood in two rows.
11:55But not one of them dared to look up at me.
11:59Damien chased after me.
12:02Lena, stop!
12:03He grabbed my wrist and pressed right onto the wound.
12:07Blood seeped out again.
12:08Damien, I looked at his hand.
12:10Let go.
12:12He paused for a moment.
12:14I used to soften whenever he touched me.
12:17Even if just a second ago, he had humiliated me for Celeste's sake.
12:21But right now, all I felt was pain.
12:25Damien, you're hurting me.
12:28He let go as if he had been burned.
12:31Celeste, wearing his coat, stood in the doorway and said softly,
12:39Lena, he's just worried about you.
12:41I raised my bleeding wrist,
12:44forcing me to sign with a silver blade as your idea of worrying.
12:48Celeste's face paled for a moment.
12:50Damien immediately stepped in front of her.
12:52Don't take your anger out on her.
12:54It was always like this.
12:56If she cried, the whole world was supposed to make way for her.
13:00Seven years ago, when I married Damien,
13:03my mother told me to keep my true surname a secret.
13:07Lena, the name Ashburn brings both crowns and bloodshed.
13:13I didn't understand back then.
13:15All I knew was that I loved Damien.
13:21When Damien pressed the silver blade against my wrist,
13:24his first love was sitting on my throne, wearing my Luna dress.
13:27The entire Blackwood pack was watching.
13:29The guards and witnesses of the Moon Goddess Council all remained silent.
13:33Celeste reached out and touched my corona, smiling innocently.
13:37Lena, don't blame Damien.
13:39Just sign the Luna Severance Agreement already.
13:42I looked at Damien.
13:44Seven years ago, he held my hand at the Temple of the Moon
13:47and said I was his only mate.
13:49Seven years later, he threw an agreement in front of me.
13:53Luna Suspension Accord.
13:55Temporarily severed the Luna Bond.
13:57Thirty days later, the Alpha will have the option to renew the mate bond.
14:01Choose again.
14:02I've heard those two words six times already.
14:04The first time, he took my Luna ring at my birthday party,
14:07saying that Celeste had just returned to North America
14:09and couldn't be ruined by rumors.
14:10The third time, he drained my healing wolf blood to save her.
14:13Leaving me unconscious in the medical pod for seven days.
14:16The sixth time, he asked me to move out of the master bedroom
14:19because Celeste said she couldn't stand my scent.
14:22Now, for the seventh time, he didn't even bother to comfort me.
14:27Signed.
14:27I looked at the agreement and suddenly smiled.
14:30Why did it have to be today?
14:35Celeste's eyes immediately rolled out to you.
14:37I'm sorry.
14:39Lena, tonight is my bloodline hearing.
14:42The council stipulates that bloodline candidates
14:45under the public protection of an Alpha
14:47cannot be involved in mate disputes.
14:50If you keep moving the title,
14:52the council will cancel my hearing.
14:55And grant me a home record to interfere with an Alpha's mate bond.
14:59I understood.
15:00The bloodline hearing is the highest level of bloodline certification
15:03in North America's section.
15:04Once approved, candidates gain noble status,
15:07council retention,
15:09eligibility for coffee match,
15:10and even become legitimate women candidates.
15:13Celeste wanted to transform from Damien's first love
15:15into a noblewoman recognized by the moon goddess council.
15:18And I was her only obstacle.
15:20I looked at Dame.
15:21So, you want to kick me out of Luna's position first,
15:24just so she can pass the review with a clean record.
15:26Damien found.
15:27It's only temporary.
15:29Celeste may be a distant branch of the lost royal family.
15:31If she passes the hearing,
15:33Blackwood will gain new leverage in the council.
15:35Lena, you should think about the pack.
15:37I see.
15:38He wanted both my protection and the title for Celeste.
15:41He still thought I would never leave.
15:43The silver blade pressed into my wrist,
15:45and blood dripped onto the agreement.
15:47Just thirty days.
15:49I will choose you again.
15:51I would have believed him in the past.
15:53I would have cried, begged, and kneeled at his feet,
15:56pleading with him not to reject me again.
15:58But this time,
15:59I picked up the pen and calmly signed my name.
16:04Lena Ashburn.
16:08For a moment, the entire hall seemed to freeze.
16:11Damien's pupils suddenly contracted.
16:14Ashburn.
16:14There wasn't a single werewolf in the North American sanctuary
16:17who didn't know this surname.
16:19Twenty years ago,
16:20a civil war tore through the Ashburn royal family.
16:23The moon crown disappeared,
16:24and it was rumored that the main tree went extinct.
16:27Since then, no one dared to use that surname.
16:29Impersonating a royal bloodline
16:31meant execution by the moon goddess council.
16:34Damien stared tentatively at my signature.
16:38Lena, do you know what this surname means?
16:41I put down my pen.
16:44I know.
16:44He sneered.
16:45Ashburn is long gone.
16:47You dare to use the name of a lost royal family just to spine me?
16:51I looked up at him.
16:52Who told you Ashburn was gone?
16:56I personally unclossed the mate bond necklace from the back of my neck.
16:59Damien, I accept your rejection.
17:02The moment the mate bond severed,
17:03the excruciating pain felt like silver flames burning through my bones.
17:07Damien groaned,
17:08his face going deathly pale.
17:13I took a step back.
17:14The seventh time,
17:15and the last time,
17:16my phone screen lit up.
17:18Ashbone royal rights revivigation order.
17:2072-hour countdown begins.
17:22Damien was unaware.
17:24Tonight, he wasn't rejecting a wife who couldn't live without him.
17:27He was rejecting the crown that had sustained the Blackwood family for seven years.
17:34As I left the main Blackwood estate,
17:37terrestrial rain pounded on the steps.
17:39The pack members who had sworn allegiance to me before the crest of the moon goddess
17:43stood in two rows.
17:45But not one of them dared to look up at me.
17:49Damien chased after me.
17:51Lena, stop!
17:53He grabbed my wrist and pressed right onto the wound.
17:56Blood seeped out again.
17:58I looked at his hand.
18:00Let go.
18:01He paused for a moment.
18:04I used to soften whenever he touched me.
18:06Even if just a second ago,
18:08he had humiliated me for Celeste's sake.
18:10But right now,
18:11all I felt was pain.
18:14Damien,
18:15you're hurting me.
18:18He let go as if he had been burned.
18:21Celeste, wearing his coat,
18:22stood in the doorway and said softly,
18:27Lena,
18:29he's just worried about you.
18:31I raised my bleeding wrist.
18:34Forcing me to sign with a silver blade is your idea of worry.
18:37Celeste's face peeled for a moment.
18:39Damien immediately stepped in front of me.
18:41Don't take your anger out on me.
18:43It was always like this.
18:45If she cried,
18:47the whole world was supposed to make way for her.
18:49Seven years ago,
18:51when I married Damien,
18:52my mother told me to keep my true surname a secret.
18:57Me.
19:01I didn't understand why, but all I knew was that I loved Damien.
19:10So I concealed my moon crown bloodline,
19:13gave up my right to inherit the royal throne and stood by his side as Lady Blackwood,
19:20taking him from nothing to the top of the North American sanctuary.
19:26He believed that Blackwood's rise was due to his own abilities.
19:32But what he didn't know was that it was the Ashburn royal credit
19:36that truly opened the doors of the financial world for him.
19:45It was Ashburn's proxy vote that suppressed the elders' impeachment against him.
19:51What calmed his feral wolf instincts was the last drop of the moon crown royal blood in my veins.
19:58Celeste wanted a bloodline hearing,
20:01not just to clear her name.
20:02She had fabricated a bloodline of a lost royal collateral branch.
20:07If the hearing passed,
20:08she would receive council certification and legitimize herself.
20:13At that time,
20:14she would be qualified to stand beside Damien
20:16and qualified to replace me as the new Luna.
20:21Therefore, she had to force Damien to publicly sever our bond.
20:25What she wanted wasn't innocence.
20:27What she wanted was my position.
20:31Damien softened his tone when he saw my silence.
20:34I will restore your Luna title in 30 days.
20:38Go stay in the city for a few days and avoid any further conflict with Celeste.
20:42I nodded.
20:44I won't have any more conflicts with her.
20:47He visibly breathed a sigh of relief because I'm done with you.
20:53What did you say?
20:57Don't you understand?
21:00I'm done with you.
21:03Lena,
21:04you can't live without me.
21:06You said the same thing last time,
21:08but didn't you still come back?
21:09I got into the car and took one last look at them before closing the door.
21:14Then you'd better pray that I'll come back this time.
21:18The car drove away from the estate.
21:21In the rearview mirror, Damien was still standing in the rain, looking down from his high horse.
21:26He didn't know.
21:2772 hours later, he'd be begging me on his knees not to take everything back.
21:32In those final 72 hours, I gave Damien a chance.
21:35If he truly chose me just once, the Ashburn Rites' revocation order would be cancelled.
21:41I had even prepared a graceful out for him.
21:44If only he came to the night of the moon's coronation.
21:48If only he said in front of the council,
21:50Lena is my Luna.
21:54I would have given these seven years a dignified ending.
21:57But 15 minutes before the ceremony began, Damien didn't show.
22:01The moon priestess looked at me, his voice low.
22:05Miss Ashburn,
22:06Are you sure you want to wait?
22:08I didn't answer.
22:10He glanced at the moon stone in the center of the temple.
22:14Tonight is the night of the moon's coronation.
22:17And also Blackwood's annual sanctuary ceremony.
22:21According to the council's decree,
22:23Alphas must personally confirm their Luna.
22:25Only a confirmed Luna is qualified to light the moon stone for their pack.
22:30I gripped the moon crown separate tightly.
22:34What if he doesn't show up?
22:35The priestess was silent for a moment.
22:38Then the protection you grant won't be attributed to Blackwood.
22:41Blackwood's moon, God, Esfari, Council, C, and Alpha,
22:44Rippinities will all expire after a minute.
22:46The credit guaranteed behind all their business projects
22:49will also be closed and simultaneous.
22:51I lowered my eyes.
22:52It all came down to just one sentence as well.
22:56If only he said one thing,
22:58Lena is my Luna.
23:00I could still extend Blackwood's protection
23:03for another year as they were in love.
23:05My phone vibrated at that exact moment.
23:08Celeste sent a photo.
23:09On a private jet, she was leaning against Damien.
23:12His coat draped over her shoulders.
23:13The caption was only one sentence.
23:16Before the hearing began,
23:17he chose me first.
23:27As I left the main Blackwood estate,
23:29terrestrial rain pounded on the steps.
23:32The pack members who had sworn allegiance to me
23:34before the crest of the moon goddess stood in two rows.
23:37But not one of them dared to look up at me.
23:41Damien chased after me.
23:44Lena, stop!
23:45He grabbed my wrist and pressed right onto the wound.
23:49Blood seeped out again.
23:50I looked at his hand.
23:53Let go.
23:54He paused for a moment.
23:56I used to soften whenever he touched me.
23:59Even if just a second ago,
24:01he had humiliated me for Celeste's sake.
24:03But right now, all I felt was pain.
24:06Damien,
24:08you're hurting me.
24:10He let go as if he had been burned.
24:13Celeste, wearing his coat,
24:15stood in the doorway and said softly,
24:20Lena,
24:21he's just worried about you.
24:23I raised my bleeding wrist.
24:26Forcing me to sign with a silver blade
24:28is your idea of worrying.
24:30Celeste's face paled for a moment.
24:32Damien immediately stepped in front of her.
24:34Don't take your anger out on her.
24:36It was always like this.
24:38If she cried,
24:39the whole world was supposed to make way for her.
24:42Seven years ago,
24:43when I married Damien,
24:45my mother told me to keep my true surname a secret.
24:49Lena,
24:50the name Ashburn brings both crowns and bloodshed.
24:55I didn't understand back then.
24:57All I knew was that I loved Damien.
25:03When Damien pressed the silver blade against my wrist,
25:06his first love was sitting on my throne,
25:08wearing my Luna dress.
25:09The entire Blackwood pack was watching.
25:11The guards and witnesses of the Moon Goddess Council
25:13all remained silent.
25:15Celeste reached out and touched my corona,
25:17smiling innocently.
25:19Lena,
25:19don't blame Damien.
25:21Just sign the Luna Severance Agreement already.
25:24I looked at Damien.
25:26Seven years ago,
25:27he held my hand at the Temple of the Moon
25:29and said I was his only mate.
25:31Seven years later,
25:32he threw an agreement in front of me.
25:34Luna suspension accord.
25:37Temporarily severed the Luna bond.
25:39Thirty days later,
25:40the Alpha will have the option to renew the mate bond.
25:43Choose again.
25:44I've heard those two words six times already.
25:46The first time,
25:47he took my Luna ring at my birthday party,
25:49saying that Celeste had just returned to North America
25:51and couldn't be ruined by rumors.
25:53The third time,
25:53he drained my healing wolf blood to save her,
25:55leaving me unconscious in the medical pod for seven days.
25:58The sixth time,
25:59he asked me to move out of the master bedroom
26:01because Celeste said she couldn't stand my scent.
26:04Now,
26:05for the seventh time,
26:06he didn't even bother to comfort me.
26:09Signed.
26:09I looked at the agreement and suddenly smiled.
26:12Why did it have to be today?
26:17Celeste's eyes immediately welled up with tears.
26:21Lena,
26:22tonight is my bloodline hearing.
26:24The council stipulates that bloodline candidates
26:27under the public protection of an Alpha
26:29cannot be involved in mate disputes.
26:32If you keep the Luna title,
26:34the council will cancel my hearing.
26:37I'd rent me a home record interview
26:39with an Alpha's mate bond.
26:41I understood.
26:42The bloodline hearing is the highest level
26:44of bloodline certification
26:45in the North Moon Concessional.
26:47Once approved,
26:48candidates gain noble status,
26:50council protection,
26:51eligibility for pathology,
26:52and even become legitimate human candidates.
26:55Celeste wanted to transform
26:56from Damien's first love
26:57into a noble woman recognized
26:59by the moon goddess Hanson.
27:00And I was her only obstacle,
27:02and I was her only obstacle,
27:02and the hope of Damien's first.
27:04You want to kick me out of Luna's position first,
27:06just so she can pass the review
27:07and the main record of Damien's first.
27:09It's only to her.
27:11Celeste may be a distant range
27:12of the lost royal family.
27:13If she passes the hearing,
27:15Blackwood will gain new leverage
27:16on the council.
27:17Lena,
27:18you should think about the pack.
27:19I see.
27:20He wanted both my protection
27:22and the title for Celeste.
27:23He still thought I would never leave.
27:25The silver blade pressed into my wrist,
27:27and blood dripped onto the agreement.
27:29In just three days,
27:31I will choose you again.
27:33I would have believed him in the past.
27:35I would have cried,
27:37begged,
27:37and kneeled at his feet,
27:38pleading with him not to reject him again.
27:41But this time,
27:41I picked up the pen
27:43and calmly signed my name.
27:46Lena Ashburn.
27:50For a moment,
27:51the entire hall seemed to freeze.
27:53Damien's pupils suddenly contracted.
27:56Ashburn.
27:56There wasn't a single werewolf
27:58in the North American sanctuary
27:59who didn't know this surname.
28:01Twenty years ago,
28:02a civil war tore through
28:03the Ashburn royal family.
28:05The moon crown disappeared,
28:06and it was rumored
28:07that the main tree went extinct.
28:09Since then,
28:09no one dared to use that surname.
28:11Impersonating a royal bloodline
28:13meant execution
28:14by the moon goddess council.
28:16Damien stared tently
28:17at my signature.
28:21Lena,
28:21do you know
28:21what this surname means?
28:23I put down my pen.
28:26I know.
28:27He sneered.
28:28Ashburn is long gone.
28:29You dare to use the name
28:30of a lost royal family
28:31just to spine me?
28:33I looked up at him.
28:34Who told you Ashburn was gone?
28:38I personally unclasped
28:39the Matebond necklace
28:40from the back of my neck.
28:41Damien,
28:42I accept your rejection.
28:44The moment the Matebond severed,
28:45the excruciating pain
28:47felt like silver flames
28:48burning through my bones.
28:49Damien groaned,
28:51his face going deathly pale.
28:55I took a step back.
28:56The seventh time
28:57and the last time
28:58my phone screen lit up.
29:00Ashbone Royal Rights
29:01Revivigation Order
29:0272-hour countdown begins.
29:04Damien was unaware.
29:06Tonight,
29:06he wasn't rejecting a wife
29:07who couldn't live without him.
29:09He was rejecting the crown
29:10that had sustained
29:11the Blackwood family
29:12for seven years.
29:16As I left the main
29:17Blackwood estate,
29:19terrestrial rain
29:19and pounded on the steps.
29:21The pack members
29:22who had sworn allegiance to me
29:23before the crest
29:24of the moon goddess
29:25stood in two rows.
29:27But not one of them
29:28dared to look up at me.
29:31Damien chased after me.
29:33Lena, stop!
29:35He grabbed my wrist
29:36and pressed right onto the wound.
29:38Blood seeped out again.
29:40I looked at his hand.
29:42Let go.
29:44He paused for a moment.
29:46I used to soften
29:47whenever he touched me.
29:48Even if just a second
29:49ago,
29:50he had humiliated me
29:51for Celeste's sake.
29:52But right now,
29:53all I felt was pain.
29:56Damien,
29:57you're hurting me.
30:00He let go
30:01as if he had been burned.
30:03Celeste,
30:03wearing his coat,
30:05stood in the doorway
30:05and said softly,
30:09Lena,
30:11he's just worried about you.
30:13I raised my bleeding wrist.
30:16Forcing me to sign
30:17with a silver blade
30:18is your idea of worrying.
30:19Celeste's face paled
30:20for a moment.
30:21Damien immediately
30:22stepped in front of her.
30:23Don't take your anger
30:24out on her.
30:26It was always like this.
30:28If she cried,
30:29the whole world
30:30was supposed to make way
30:31for her.
30:32Seven years ago,
30:33when I married Damien,
30:34my mother told me
30:35to keep my true surname
30:36to see it.
30:44I didn't understand that.
30:46All I knew
30:47was that I loved Damien.
30:52So I concealed
30:54my moon-bound bloodline,
30:56gave up my right
30:57to inherit the royal throne,
30:58and stood by his side
31:00as Lady Blackfield,
31:02taking him from nothing
31:05to the top
31:06of the North American sanctuary.
31:08He believed that Blackfield's rise
31:10was due to his own abilities.
31:14But what he didn't know
31:15was that it was
31:16the Ash Room royal credit
31:20that truly opened the doors
31:22of the financial world for him.
31:27It was Ashburn's proxy vote
31:29that suppressed
31:30the Elder's engagement
31:31against him.
31:33What calmed
31:34his feral wolf instincts
31:35was the last drop
31:37of the moon-crown royal blood
31:38in my veins.
31:40Celeste wanted
31:41a bloodline hearing,
31:43not just to clear her name.
31:44She had fabricated
31:46a bloodline
31:46of a lost royal
31:48collateral branch.
31:49If the hearing passed,
31:51she would receive
31:51council certification
31:52and legitimize herself.
31:54At that time,
31:56she would be qualified
31:57to stand beside Damien
31:58and qualified
31:59to replace me
32:00as the new Luna.
32:03Therefore,
32:03she had to force Damien
32:04to publicly sever our bond.
32:07What she wanted
32:08wasn't innocence.
32:09What she wanted
32:10was my position.
32:13Damien softened his tone
32:15when he saw my silence.
32:16I will restore your Luna title
32:18in 30 days.
32:20Go stay in the city
32:21for a few days
32:22and avoid any further
32:23conflict with Celeste.
32:24I nodded.
32:26I won't have any more
32:27conflicts with her.
32:29He visibly breathed
32:30a sigh of relief
32:31because I'm done with you.
32:35What did you say?
32:39Don't you understand?
32:42I'm done with you.
32:45Lena,
32:46you can't live without me.
32:48You said the same thing
32:49last time,
32:50but didn't you still come back?
32:51I got into the car
32:53and took one last look
32:54at them
32:54before closing the door.
32:57Then you'd better pray
32:58that I'll come back
32:59this time.
33:00The car drove away
33:02from the estate.
33:03In the rearview mirror,
33:04Damien was still
33:05standing in the rain
33:06looking down
33:07from his high horse.
33:08He didn't know.
33:0972 hours later,
33:11he'd be begging me
33:12on his knees
33:12not to take everything back.
33:14In those final 72 hours,
33:16I gave Damien a chance.
33:17If he truly chose me
33:19just once,
33:20the Ashburn Rite's
33:21revocation order
33:22would be cancelled.
33:23I had even prepared
33:25a graceful out for him.
33:26If only he came
33:27to the night of the moon's
33:28coronation.
33:30If only he said
33:31in front of the council,
33:33Lena is my Luna.
33:36I would have given
33:37these seven years
33:37a dignified ending,
33:39but 15 minutes
33:40before the ceremony began,
33:42Damien didn't show.
33:43The moon priestess
33:45looked at me
33:45with void flow.
33:47Miss Ashburn,
33:49are you sure
33:50you want to wait?
33:50I didn't answer.
33:52He glanced at the moonstone
33:54in the center of the temple.
33:56Tonight is the end
33:57of the night
33:58of the moon's coronation
33:59and also Blackwood's
34:01annual sanctuary ceremony.
34:03According to the council's decree,
34:05alphas must personally
34:06confirm their Luna.
34:07Only a confirmed Luna
34:09is qualified
34:09to light the moonstone
34:11for their pact.
34:12I gripped the moon crown
34:14separate tightly.
34:16What if he doesn't show up?
34:18The priestess
34:18was silent for a moment.
34:20Then the protection
34:20you grant
34:21won't be attributed
34:22to Blackwood.
34:23Blackwood's moon
34:23goddess barrier,
34:25councilor sea,
34:25and alpha privileges
34:26will all expire
34:27after midnight.
34:28The credit guarantees
34:29behind all their business projects
34:31will also be frozen simultaneously.
34:33I lowered my eyes.
34:34It all came down
34:35to just one sentence
34:36as we heard.
34:38If only he said
34:39one thing,
34:40Lena is my Luna.
34:42I could still extend
34:44Blackwood's protection
34:45for another year as the Luna.
34:47My phone vibrated
34:48at that exact moment.
34:50Celeste sent a photo.
34:51On a private jet,
34:52she was leaning
34:53against Damien.
34:54His coat draped
34:54over her shoulders.
34:56The caption
34:56was only one sentence.
34:58Before the hearing began,
34:59he chose me first.
35:09As I left
35:09the main Blackwood estate,
35:11terrestrial rain
35:12pounded on the steps.
35:14The pack members
35:14who had sworn allegiance
35:15to me before the crest
35:17of the moon goddess
35:17stood in two rows.
35:19But not one of them
35:21dared to look up at me.
35:23Damien chased after me.
35:26Lena, stop!
35:27He grabbed my wrist
35:29and pressed right
35:30onto the wound.
35:31Blood seeped out again.
35:32I looked at his hand.
35:35Let go.
35:36He paused for a moment.
35:38I used to soften
35:40whenever he touched me.
35:41Even if just a second ago,
35:43he had humiliated me
35:44for Celeste's sake.
35:45But right now,
35:46all I felt was pain.
35:48Damien,
35:50you're hurting me.
35:52He let go
35:53as if he had been burned.
35:55Celeste,
35:56wearing his coat,
35:57stood in the doorway
35:58and said softly,
36:02Lena,
36:03he's just worried
36:04about you.
36:05I raised my bleeding wrist.
36:08Forcing me to sign
36:09with a silver blade
36:10is your idea of worrying.
36:12Celeste's face paled
36:13for a moment.
36:14Damien immediately
36:15stepped in front of her.
36:16Don't take your anger
36:17out on her.
36:18It was always like this.
36:20If she cried,
36:21the whole world
36:22was supposed to make way
36:23for her.
36:24Seven years ago,
36:25when I married Damien,
36:26my mother told me
36:28to keep my true surname
36:29a secret.
36:31Lena,
36:32the name Ashburn
36:34brings both crowns
36:35and bloodshed.
36:37I didn't understand
36:38back then.
36:39All I knew
36:40was that I loved
36:41Damien.
36:45When Damien pressed
36:46the silver blade
36:47against my wrist,
36:48his first love
36:49was sitting on my throne
36:50wearing my Luna dress.
36:51The entire Blackwood pack
36:52was watching.
36:53The guards and witnesses
36:54of the Moon Goddess Council
36:55all remained silent.
36:57Celeste reached out
36:58and touched my corona,
36:59smiling innocently.
37:01Lena,
37:01don't blame Damien.
37:03Just sign the Luna
37:04severance agreement
37:05already.
37:06I looked at Damien.
37:08Seven years ago,
37:10he held my hand
37:10at the Temple of the Moon
37:11and said I was
37:12his only mate.
37:13Seven years later,
37:14he threw an agreement
37:15in front of me.
37:17Luna suspension accord.
37:19Temporarily sever
37:19the Luna bond.
37:21Thirty days later,
37:22the Alpha will have
37:23the option
37:24to renew the mate bond.
37:25Choose again.
37:26I've heard those two words
37:27six times already.
37:28The first time,
37:29he took my Luna ring
37:30at my birthday party
37:31saying that Celeste
37:32had just returned
37:32to North America
37:33and couldn't be ruined
37:34by rumors.
37:35The third time,
37:35he drained my
37:36healing wolf blood
37:37to save her,
37:37leaving me unconscious
37:38in the medical pod
37:39for seven days.
37:40The sixth time,
37:41he asked me to move
37:42out of the master bedroom
37:43because Celeste said
37:44she couldn't stand my scent.
37:46Now,
37:47for the seventh time,
37:49he didn't even bother
37:49to comfort me.
37:51Signed.
37:52I looked at the agreement
37:53and suddenly smiled.
37:54Why did it have to be today?
37:59Celeste's eyes
38:00immediately welled up
38:01with tears.
38:03Lena,
38:04tonight is my
38:05bloodline hearing.
38:06The council stipulates
38:08that bloodline candidates
38:09under the public protection
38:11of an alpha
38:11cannot be involved
38:13in mate disputes.
38:14If you keep the Luna title,
38:16the council will cancel
38:17my hearing
38:19and brand me
38:20a homewrecker
38:21who interfered
38:21with an alpha's mate bond.
38:23I understood.
38:24The bloodline hearing
38:25is the highest level
38:26of bloodline certification
38:27in the North American sanctuary.
38:29Once approved,
38:30candidates gain
38:31noble status,
38:32council protection,
38:32eligibility for pack marriage,
38:34and even become
38:35legitimate Luna candidates.
38:37Celeste wanted to transform
38:38from Damien's first love
38:39into a noble woman
38:40recognized by the moon
38:41goddess council.
38:42And I was her only obstacle.
38:44I looked at Damien.
38:45So,
38:46you want to kick me out
38:47of Luna's position first
38:48just so she can pass
38:49to the moon.
38:50I looked at Damien's first love.
38:51It was only 10 minutes.
38:53Celeste made me a distant branch
38:54of the lost royal family.
38:55If she passes the hearing,
38:57Blackwood will gain new leverage
38:58but you also will believe it.
38:59We shall think about the path.
39:02Recently,
39:02he wanted both my protection
39:04and the title for Celeste.
39:05I still thought
39:06I'd never leave.
39:07The silver blade
39:08pressed into my wrist
39:09and blood dripped
39:10onto the opening.
39:11Just 30 days.
39:13I will choose you again.
39:15I would have believed him
39:17in the past.
39:17I would have cried,
39:19begged and kneeled
39:20at his feet,
39:21pleading with him
39:21not to reject me again.
39:23But this time,
39:24I picked up the pen
39:25and calmly signed my name.
39:28Lena Ashburn.
39:32For a moment,
39:33the entire hall
39:34seemed to freeze.
39:35Damien's pupils
39:36suddenly contracted.
39:38Ashburn.
39:38There wasn't a single werewolf
39:40in the North American sanctuary
39:41who didn't know this surname.
39:4320 years ago,
39:44a civil war
39:45toured for the Ashburn royal family.
39:47The moon crown disappeared
39:48and it was rumored
39:49that the main tree
39:50went extinct.
39:51Since then,
39:51no one dared
39:52to use that surname.
39:53Impersonating a royal bloodline
39:55meant execution
39:56by the moon goddess council.
39:58Damien stared
39:59tently at my signature.
40:03Lena,
40:03do you know
40:04what this surname means?
40:05I put down my pen.
40:08I know.
40:09He sneered.
40:10Ashburn is long gone.
40:11You dare to use
40:12the name of a lost royal family
40:14just to spine me?
40:15I looked up at him.
40:17Who told you
40:17Ashburn was gone?
40:20I personally unclasped
40:21the Matebond necklace
40:22from the back of my neck.
40:23Damien,
40:24I accept your rejection.
40:26The moment
40:26the Matebond severed,
40:27the excruciating pain
40:29felt like silver flames
40:30burning through my bones.
40:31Damien groaned,
40:32his face going deathly pale.
40:37I took a step back.
40:38The seventh time
40:39and the last time
40:40my phone screen lit up.
40:42Ashbone royal rights
40:43revivigation order.
40:4472 hour countdown begins.
40:47Damien was unaware.
40:48Tonight,
40:48he wasn't rejecting a wife
40:49who couldn't live without him.
40:51He was rejecting the crown
40:52that had sustained
40:53the Blackwood family
40:54for seven years.
40:58As I left the main
40:59Blackwood estate,
41:01terrestrial rain
41:02pounded on the steps.
41:03The pack members
41:04who had sworn allegiance to me
41:05before the crest
41:06of the moon goddess
41:07stood in two rows.
41:09But not one of them
41:10dared to look up at me.
41:13Damien chased after me.
41:15Lena, stop!
41:17He grabbed my wrist
41:18and pressed right onto the wound.
41:20Blood seeped out again.
41:22I looked at his hand.
41:24Let go.
41:26He paused for a moment.
41:28I used to soften
41:29whenever he touched me.
41:31Even if just a second ago,
41:32he had humiliated me
41:33for Celeste's sake.
41:35But right now,
41:36all I felt was pain.
41:38Damien,
41:39you're hurting me.
41:42He let go
41:43as if he had been burned.
41:45Celeste, wearing his coat,
41:46stood in the doorway
41:47and said softly,
41:51Lena,
41:53he's just worried about you.
41:55I raised my bleeding wrist,
41:58forcing me to sign
41:59with a silver blade
42:00as your idea of worrying.
42:01Celeste's face paled
42:02for a moment.
42:03Damien immediately
42:04stepped in front of her.
42:05Don't take your anger
42:06out on her.
42:08It was always like this.
42:10If she cried,
42:11the whole world
42:12was supposed to make way
42:13for her.
42:13Seven years ago,
42:15when I married Damien,
42:16my mother told me
42:17to keep my true surname
42:18a secret.
42:21Lena,
42:22the name Ashburn
42:23brings both crowns
42:24and bloodshed.
42:26I didn't understand
42:28back then.
42:29All I knew
42:29was that I loved Damien.
42:34So I concealed
42:36my newly crowned
42:37blood in me,
42:38gave up my right
42:39to inherit
42:39the royal throne,
42:41and stood by his side
42:42as Lady Blackwood,
42:44taking him for nothing.
42:47to the top
42:48of the North American
42:49sexual.
42:50He believed that Blackwood's
42:52rise was due
42:53to his own abilities.
42:56But what he didn't
42:57remember was that
42:58it was the Ashburn
42:59royal life
43:02that truly opened
43:03the doors
43:04of the financial world.
43:09It was Ashburn's
43:11cross and road
43:11that suppressed
43:12the elders
43:13in the beach
43:13and against him.
43:15What calmed
43:16his feral wolf
43:17instincts
43:17was the last drop
43:19of the moon crown
43:19royal blood
43:20in my veins.
43:23Celeste wanted
43:23a bloodline hearing,
43:25not just to clear
43:26her name.
43:26She had fabricated
43:28a bloodline
43:28of a lost royal
43:30collateral branch.
43:31If the hearing
43:32passed,
43:33she would receive
43:33council certification
43:34and legitimize
43:35herself.
43:37At that time,
43:38she would be qualified
43:39to stand beside Damien
43:40and qualified
43:41to replace me
43:42as the new Luna.
43:45Therefore,
43:45she had to force
43:46Damien to publicly
43:47sever our bond.
43:49What she wanted
43:50wasn't innocence.
43:51What she wanted
43:52was my position.
43:55Damien softened
43:56his tone
43:57when he saw
43:57my silence.
43:59I will restore
44:00your Luna title
44:00in 30 days.
44:02Go stay in the city
44:03for a few days
44:04and avoid
44:04any further
44:05conflict with Celeste.
44:06I nodded.
44:08I won't have
44:09any more conflicts
44:10with her.
44:11He visibly
44:12breathed a sigh
44:12of relief
44:13because I'm
44:14done with you.
44:17What did you say?
44:21Don't you understand?
44:24I'm done with you.
44:27Lena,
44:28you can't live
44:29without me.
44:30You said the same
44:31thing last time,
44:32but didn't you
44:33still come back?
44:33I got into the car
44:35and took one last
44:36look at them
44:36before closing the door.
44:39Then you'd better
44:39pray that I'll
44:40come back this time.
44:42The car drove away
44:44from the estate.
44:45In the rearview mirror,
44:46Damien was still
44:47standing in the rain
44:48looking down
44:49from his high horse.
44:50He didn't know.
44:5172 hours later,
44:53he'd be begging me
44:54on his knees
44:55not to take
44:55everything back.
44:56In those final
44:5772 hours,
44:58I gave Damien a chance.
44:59If he truly
45:00chose me just once,
45:02the Ashburn
45:03writes,
45:03revocation order
45:04would be cancelled.
45:06I had even prepared
45:07a graceful out
45:08for him.
45:08If only he came
45:09to the night
45:10of the moon's
45:10coronation.
45:12If only he said
45:13in front of the council,
45:15Lena is my Luna.
45:18I would have given
45:19these seven years
45:20a dignified ending,
45:21but 15 minutes
45:22before the ceremony
45:23began,
45:24Damien didn't show.
45:25The moon priestess
45:27looked at me
45:27his voice low.
45:29Miss Ashburn,
45:30are you sure
45:32you want to wait?
45:33I didn't answer.
45:34He glanced at the
45:36moon stone
45:36in the center
45:37of the temple.
45:39Tonight is the night
45:40of the moon's
45:41coronation,
45:41and also Blackwood's
45:43annual sanctuary ceremony.
45:45According to the
45:46council's decree,
45:47Alphas must personally
45:48confirm their Luna.
45:49Only a confirmed Luna
45:51is qualified to light
45:52the moon stone
45:53for their pack.
45:54I gripped the moon
45:55crown separate tightly.
45:58What if he doesn't
45:59show up?
46:00The priestess
46:00was silent for a moment.
46:02Then the protection
46:02you grant won't be
46:04attributed to Blackwood.
46:05Blackwood's moon
46:06goddess barrier,
46:07council seat,
46:07and alpha privileges
46:08will all expire
46:09after midnight.
46:10The credit guarantees
46:11behind all their
46:12business projects
46:13will also be
46:14frozen simultaneously.
46:15I lowered my eyes.
46:16It all came down
46:17to just one
46:18sentences from him.
46:20If only he said
46:21one thing,
46:22Lena is my Luna.
46:25I could still extend
46:26Blackwood's protection
46:27for another year
46:28as their Luna.
46:29My phone vibrated
46:30at that exact moment.
46:32Celeste sent a photo.
46:33On a private jet,
46:34she was leaning
46:35against Damien.
46:36His coat draped
46:37over her shoulders.
46:38The caption was
46:38only one sentence.
46:40Before the hearing began,
46:41he chose me first.
46:51As I left the main
46:52Blackwood estate,
46:53terrestrial rain
46:54pounded on the steps.
46:56The pack members
46:56who had sworn allegiance
46:57to me before the crest
46:59of the moon goddess
46:59stood in two rows,
47:01but not one of them
47:03dared to look up at me.
47:05Damien chased after me.
47:08Lena, stop!
47:09He grabbed my wrist
47:11and pressed right
47:12onto the wound.
47:13Blood seeped out again.
47:14I looked at his hand.
47:17Let go.
47:18He paused for a moment.
47:21I used to soften
47:22whenever he touched me.
47:23Even if just a second ago,
47:25he had humiliated me
47:26for Celeste's sake.
47:27But right now,
47:28all I felt was pain.
47:30Damien,
47:32you're hurting me.
47:34He let go
47:35as if he had been burned.
47:37Celeste,
47:38wearing his coat,
47:39stood in the doorway
47:40and said softly,
47:44Lena,
47:45he's just worried about you.
47:47I raised my bleeding wrist,
47:50forcing me to sign
47:51with a silver blade
47:52as your idea of worrying.
47:54Celeste's face paled
47:55for a moment.
47:56Damien immediately
47:57stepped in front of her.
47:58Don't take your anger
47:59out on her.
48:00It was always like this.
48:02If she cried,
48:04the whole world
48:04was supposed to make way
48:05for her.
48:06Seven years ago,
48:07when I married Damien,
48:09my mother told me
48:10to keep my true surname
48:11a secret.
48:13Lena,
48:14the name Ashburn
48:16brings both crowns
48:17and bloodshed.
48:19I didn't understand
48:20back then.
48:21All I knew
48:22was that I loved Damien.
48:27When Damien pressed
48:28the silver blade
48:29against my wrist,
48:30his first love
48:31was sitting on my throne,
48:32wearing my Luna dress.
48:33The entire Blackwood pack
48:34was watching.
48:35The guards and witnesses
48:36of the Moon Goddess Council
48:38all remained silent.
48:39Celeste reached out
48:40and touched my corona,
48:41smiling innocently.
48:43Lena,
48:44don't blame Damien.
48:45Just sign the Luna
48:46severance agreement
48:47already.
48:48I looked at Damien.
48:51Seven years ago,
48:52he held my hand
48:53at the Temple of the Moon
48:53and said I was
48:54his only mate.
48:55Seven years later,
48:56he threw an agreement
48:57in front of me.
48:59Luna suspension accord.
49:01Temporarily sever
49:02the Luna bond.
49:03Thirty days later,
49:05the Alpha will have
49:05the option to renew
49:06the mate bond.
49:07Choose again.
49:08I've heard those two words
49:09six times already.
49:10The first time,
49:11he took my Luna ring
49:12at my birthday party,
49:13saying that Celeste
49:14had just returned
49:14to North America
49:15and couldn't be ruined
49:16by rumors.
49:17The third time,
49:18he drained my healing
49:18wolf blood to save her,
49:19leaving me unconscious
49:20in the medical pod
49:21for seven days.
49:22The sixth time,
49:23he asked me to move
49:24out of the master bedroom
49:25because Celeste
49:26said she couldn't
49:27stand my scent.
49:28Now, for the seventh time,
49:31he didn't even bother
49:31to comfort me.
49:33Signed.
49:34I looked at the agreement
49:35and suddenly smiled.
49:36Why did it have to be today?
49:41Celeste's eyes
49:42immediately filled up
49:43in tears.
49:45Lena, tonight is
49:47my bloodline hearing.
49:48The Council stipulates
49:50that bloodline candidates
49:51under the public protection
49:53of an Alpha
49:53cannot be involved
49:55in mate disputes.
49:56If you keep the Luna title,
49:58the Council
49:59will cancel my hearing
50:01and brand me
50:02a homewrecker
50:03who interfered
50:03with an Alpha's mate bond.
50:05I understood.
50:06The bloodline hearing
50:07is the highest level
50:08of bloodline certification
50:09in the North American sanctuary.
50:11Once approved,
50:12candidates gain
50:13noble status,
50:14council protection,
50:15eligibility for
50:16pack marriage,
50:16and even become
50:17legitimate Luna candidates.
50:19Celeste wanted to transform
50:20from Damien's first love
50:21into a noble woman
50:22recognized by
50:23the Moon Goddess Council.
50:24And I was her only obstacle.
50:26I looked at Damien.
50:28So, you want to kick me
50:29out of Luna's position first,
50:30just so she can pass
50:31the review with a clean record?
50:32Damien frowned.
50:34It's only temporary.
50:35Celeste may be a distinct range
50:36of the lost royal family.
50:37If she passes the new
50:39object,
50:39Blackwood will gain
50:40new leverage
50:40and the council.
50:41Meaning,
50:42you should think
50:42about the backpack.
50:43I still want to vote
50:45for protection
50:46and the title
50:47for Celeste.
50:48I still thought
50:48of the evidence.
50:49The silver blade
50:50pressed into my list
50:51and blood dripped
50:52onto the agreement.
50:53Just think of this one.
50:55I would choose
50:56to carry on.
50:57I would have believed
50:58him in the past.
51:00I would have cried,
51:01begged,
51:01and kneeled at his feet,
51:03pleading with him
51:03not to reject me again.
51:05But this time,
51:06I picked up the pill
51:07and calmly
51:07signed my name.
51:10Laying punishable.
51:14For a moment,
51:15the entire hall
51:16seemed to freeze.
51:18Damien's pupils
51:18suddenly contracted.
51:20Ashmore.
51:20There wasn't a single
51:22werewolf in the
51:22North American sanctuary
51:24who didn't know
51:24this surname.
51:25Twenty years ago,
51:26a civil war
51:27took over the
51:28Ashburn royal family.
51:29The moon crown
51:30disappeared,
51:30and it was rumored
51:31that the main tree
51:32went extinct.
51:33Since then,
51:34no one dared
51:34to use that surname.
51:36Impersonating a royal
51:36bloodline meant
51:37execution by the
51:38Moon Goddess Council.
51:40Damien stared
51:41tently at my signature.
51:45Lena,
51:45do you know
51:46what this surname means?
51:48I put down my pen.
51:50I know,
51:51he sneered.
51:52Ashburn is long gone.
51:53You dare to use
51:54the name of a
51:55lost royal family
51:56just to spine me?
51:57I looked up at him.
51:58Who told you
51:59Ashburn was gone?
52:02I personally
52:03unclasped the
52:04mate bond necklace
52:04from the back of my neck.
52:05Damien,
52:06I accept your rejection.
52:08The moment
52:08the mate bond severed,
52:09the excruciating pain
52:11felt like silver flames
52:12burning through my bones.
52:13Damien groaned,
52:15his face going
52:16deathly pale.
52:19I took a step back.
52:20The seventh time
52:21and the last time
52:22my phone screen lit up.
52:24Ashbone Royal
52:25Rights Revivigation Order
52:2672-hour countdown
52:27begins.
52:28Damien was unaware.
52:30Tonight,
52:30he wasn't rejecting
52:31a wife who couldn't
52:32live without him.
52:33He was rejecting
52:34the crown that had
52:35sustained the Blackwood
52:36family for seven years.
52:40As I left the main
52:41Blackwood estate,
52:43terrestrial rain
52:44pounded on the steps.
52:45The pack members
52:46who had sworn
52:47allegiance to me
52:47before the crest
52:48of the moon goddess
52:49stood in two rows.
52:51But not one of them
52:52dared to look up at me.
52:55Damien chased after me.
52:57Lena, stop!
52:59He grabbed my wrist
53:00and pressed right
53:01onto the wound.
53:02Blood seeped out again.
53:04I looked at his hand.
53:06Let go.
53:08He paused for a moment.
53:10I used to soften
53:11whenever he touched me.
53:13Even if just a second ago,
53:14he had humiliated me
53:15for Celeste's sake.
53:17But right now,
53:18all I felt was pain.
53:20Damien,
53:21you're hurting me.
53:24He let go
53:25as if he had been burned.
53:27Celeste,
53:28wearing his coat,
53:29stood in the doorway
53:29and said softly,
53:33Lena,
53:35he's just worried
53:36about you.
53:37I raised my bleeding wrist.
53:40Forcing me to sign
53:41with a silver blade
53:42is your idea of worrying.
53:43Celeste's face paled
53:44for a moment.
53:45Damien immediately
53:46stepped in front of her.
53:47Don't take your anger
53:48out on her.
53:50It was always like this.
53:52If she cried,
53:53the whole world
53:54was supposed to make way
53:55for her.
53:56Seven years ago,
53:57when I married Damien,
53:58my mother told me
53:59to keep my true surname
54:00a secret.
54:03Lena,
54:04the name Ashburn
54:05brings both crowns
54:06and bloodshed.
54:08I didn't understand
54:10back then.
54:11All I knew
54:11was that I loved Damien.
54:16So I concealed
54:18my moon crown bloodline,
54:20gave up my right
54:21to inherit
54:21the royal throne,
54:23and stood by his side
54:24as Lady Blackwood,
54:26taking him from nothing
54:29to the top
54:30of the North American sanctuary.
54:32He believed
54:33that Blackwood's rise
54:34was due
54:35to his own abilities.
54:38But what he didn't know
54:39was that it was
54:40the Ashburn royal credit
54:44that truly opened
54:45the doors
54:46of the financial
54:47blood for him.
54:51It was Ashburn's
54:53proxy vote
54:53that suppressed
54:54the elders
54:55in the future of Dunstan.
54:57What calmed
54:58his feral wolf
54:59instance
54:59was the last drop
55:01of moon crown
55:01royal blood
55:02in my veins.
55:05Celeste wanted
55:05a bloodline hearing,
55:07not just to clear
55:08the name.
55:09She had fabricated
55:10a bloodline
55:10of a lost
55:11royal collateral
55:12branch.
55:13As the hearing
55:14passed,
55:15she would receive
55:15council certification
55:16and legitimize
55:17herself.
55:19At that time,
55:20she would be
55:21qualified to stand
55:22beside Damien
55:22and qualified
55:23to replace me
55:25as the new
55:25Luna.
55:27Therefore,
55:28she had to force
55:28Damien to publicly
55:29sever our bond.
55:31What she wanted
55:32wasn't innocence.
55:33What she wanted
55:34was my position.
55:37Damien softened
55:38his tone
55:39when he saw
55:39my silence.
55:41I will restore
55:42your Luna title
55:42in 30 days.
55:44Go stay in the city
55:45for a few days
55:46and avoid any further
55:47conflict with Celeste.
55:48I nodded.
55:50I won't have
55:51any more conflicts
55:52with her.
55:53He visibly
55:54breathed a sigh
55:55of relief
55:55because I'm
55:56done with you.
55:59What did you say?
56:03Don't you understand?
56:06I'm done with you.
56:09Lena,
56:10you can't live
56:11without me.
56:12You said the same
56:13thing last time,
56:14but didn't you
56:15still come back?
56:15I got into the car
56:17and took one last
56:18look at them
56:18before closing the door.
56:21Then you'd better
56:22pray that I'll
56:22come back this time.
56:25The car drove away
56:26from the estate.
56:27In the rearview mirror,
56:28Damien was still
56:29standing in the rain
56:30looking down
56:31from his high horse.
56:32He didn't know.
56:3472 hours later,
56:35he'd be begging me
56:36on his knees
56:37not to take
56:37everything back.
56:38In those final
56:3972 hours,
56:40I gave Damien a chance.
56:41If he truly
56:42chose me just once,
56:44the Ashburn
56:45Wright's revocation
56:46order would be
56:47cancelled.
56:48I had even prepared
56:49a graceful out
56:50for him.
56:50If only he came
56:51to the night
56:52of the moon's
56:52coronation.
56:54If only he said
56:55in front of the
56:56council,
56:57Lena is my Luna.
57:00I would have given
57:01these seven years
57:02a dignified ending,
57:03but 15 minutes
57:04before the ceremony
57:05began,
57:06Damien didn't show.
57:08The moon priestess
57:09looked at me,
57:10his voice low.
57:11Miss Ashburn,
57:13are you sure
57:14you want to wait?
57:14I didn't answer.
57:16He glanced at the
57:18moonstone
57:18in the center
57:19of the temple.
57:21Tonight is the
57:22night of the moon's
57:23coronation,
57:23and also Blackwood's
57:25annual sanctuary
57:26ceremony.
57:27According to the
57:28council's decree,
57:29Alphas must personally
57:30confirm their Luna.
57:31Only a confirmed
57:32Luna is qualified
57:33to light the
57:34moonstone
57:35for their pack.
57:35Luna is my Luna.
57:36I gripped the
57:37moon crown
57:38separate tightly.
57:40What if he doesn't
57:41show up?
57:42The priestess
57:42was silent
57:43for a moment.
57:44Then the protection
57:44you grant
57:45won't be attributed
57:46to Blackwood.
57:47Blackwood's moon
57:48goddess
57:48Larian,
57:49LCC,
57:49and Alpha
57:50privileges
57:50will all expire
57:51after midnight.
57:52The credit
57:53guarantees behind
57:53all their business
57:54projects will also
57:56be frozen
57:56simultaneously.
57:57I lowered my
57:58eyes.
57:59It all came down
57:59to just one
58:00sentence from him.
58:02If only he said
58:03one thing,
58:05Laina is my Luna.
58:07I could still
58:08extend Blackwood's
58:08protection for
58:09another year as
58:10their Luna.
58:11My phone vibrated
58:12at that exact
58:13moment.
58:14Celeste sent a
58:15photo.
58:15On a private jet,
58:16she was leaning
58:17against Damien.
58:18His coat draped
58:19over her shoulders.
58:20The caption was
58:20only one sentence.
58:22Before the hearing
58:23began,
58:23he chose me first.