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From Beaten to Badass: How She Became the Alpha’s Mate | Werewolf Romance #1
Dec 16, 2024
The Video is in 2x mode. Slow it done by selecting 0.75x from the settings if needed. A broken girl blamed for her mother’s death discovers a hidden world of werewolves and an unexpected destiny. Astrid, abused and cast aside, learns she is the fated mate of Ryker, the powerful Alpha of Shadow Crest. Fighting against her painful past, rogue enemies, and her own doubts, she transforms from a fragile outcast into a fierce Luna, leading her pack with strength and love.
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as's life had always been a quiet hell
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bruises hidden beneath clothes tears
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dried before anyone could notice her
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father consumed by grief and hatred
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blamed her for her mother's death on the
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night that would change everything he
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let slip a secret that shattered as's
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fragile understanding of her life you
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were never mind your mother's lover died
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before you were born you're no daughter
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of mine the truth stun deeper than the
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beatings that followed leaving ASD with
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a freshed heart and a lingering question
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who was she really each day blurred into
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the next an endless loop of work at Jim
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Diner and Son suffer bring it home as
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found Fleet and peace in her job her
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boss gym kind-hearted but absur often
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offered help she refused but even the
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dinner couldn't keep her invisible
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forever black Mercedes had begun
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shadowing her walks to work its tnd
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Windows concealing its driver and then
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there was him the stranger arrived at
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the dinner on a night that smelled of
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rain and trouble rker Alpha of Shadow
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Crest radiated presence that demand
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submission tall dark-haired piercing
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blue eyes that seemed to see right
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through her rer was not a man to ignore
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yet benath his commanding demeanor his
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wolf stirred from the moment asid sipped
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into the room with her vanilla and
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cookie scent trailing behind her he knew
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something was different the smell wasn't
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Rogue it was made Riker's World tilted
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on its axis and Alpha couldn't be paired
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with a rogue it was unheard of
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unacceptable yet as he stared at the
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bruised girl in a hoodie Sur and drinks
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his wolf Claw at him demanding he claim
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her his temper flared frightening ASD in
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running confusion and denial wared
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within him a rogue couldn't be his Luna
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could she ASD the KN would blur of fear
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and confusion Riker's accusations about
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Rogues wolves and and mates were words
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she couldn't comprehend werewolves alas
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Luna she was human or so she thought it
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wasn't until Jim transformed before her
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eyes bones cracking and twisting into
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the form of giant wolf that her reality
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splintered werewolves were real she was
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one of them by memories of her mother's
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death at the hands of wolf as spiral
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rker Relentless in his pursuit of her
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tried to explain the truth that her wolf
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would awaken on her 18th birthday that
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they were mates destined by the moon
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goddess herself ASD refused to believe
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it to her Riker's world was nightmare
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she wanted no heart of but rer was
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patient beneath his stubborn Al exterior
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he saw as pain her Brokenness he saw the
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girl who Flinch when touched who hid
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behind sarcasm and anger and his resolve
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hardened he would predict her even if
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she didn't want him to when as's father
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came to take her home armed and Furious
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rker confronted him the fight was brutal
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fists slashed bones broke and blood
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painted the ground Riker's strength was
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unmatched but a shotgun blast tore
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through his chest leaving him near death
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astred terrified and desperate him not
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to leave her her touch her tears sparked
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the mate bond between them pulling rer
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back from the brink for the first time
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as felt the unal pull toward him a con
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she couldn't explain or deny her far
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unconscious and Reich healing as had no
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choice but to follow him to Shadow Crest
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back territory that would soon become
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her home the back house loomed like a
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castle filled with people she didn't
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know and a f she couldn't fam rer ever
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the persistant Alpa gave her space but
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never let her stray far as resisted
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every step of the way the mate Bond was
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overwhelming the spark the warmth the
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desire terrified her his passed and as
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began to see life in Shadow Crest wasn't
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what she meant Riker's back was loyal
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and H Seth rer beta and Mia Seth mate
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welcomed her with open arms treating her
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like family yet as struggled to accept
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it she didn't feel like a Luna she
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didn't feel like anyone worthy of rer
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her wolf however was stirring as her
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18th birthday approached the nightmares
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of her mother's death grew stronger in
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her dreams she relived the night she
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lost everything her mother's screams the
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flash of claws gleam of yellow eyes in
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the dark she woke in cold sweats rer
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Always by her side offering quiet
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reassurance the more time she spent with
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him the harder it became to deny the
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bond growing between them rer was
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patient but firm he wouldn't let her
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push him away You're my mate ASD I'll
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wait for you to see it too night of her
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18th birthday everything changed pain
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racked as body sharper than any beat she
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had endured bones broke must store and
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the world blurred as her wolf finally
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awakened when she opened her eyes she
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wasn't herself she was more powerful
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Sleek wolf stood where as
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its fur glimmering under the Moonlight
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the pack howled and welcome Riker's
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voice leading them his pride shining
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brighter than the stars above the days
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that followed astred began to understand
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the M Pond rer didn't want her out of
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pity he wanted her because she was his
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the girl who had beaten down her entire
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life began to rise piece of piece as rer
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showed her what it meant to loved but
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danger lurked Beyond Shadow Crest Rogues
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were stirring their Le Zenith man with a
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scarred face and dark intenance had set
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his sights on astd theith knew who TR
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was he knew the power her bloodline
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carried astred wasn't just Riker's mate
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she was the daughter of legendary alpha
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one who had been betrayed and killed
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years ago her mother had hidden the
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truth to pror but now the past was
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getting up iith attacked Shadow Crest
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with his army of Rogues forcing asid to
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confront the truth of who she was she
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wasn't weak she wasn't broken with ier
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by her side and her wolf roaring within
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asid stood at the Forefront of the
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battle leading the pack against scene's
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forces the girl who had once cried for
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help was now a warrior a Luna worthy of
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her title the fight was fierce blood
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saying the Earth but astred and rerk
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back prevailed theith final words echoed
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in as mind as he fell you are your
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father's lazy the weight of his words
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settled on her shoulders but for the
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first time she didn't feel crushed
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beneath it when the batt Ended as Stood
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Beside Riker bruised but unbroken the P
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knelt before her Hing their ly rer took
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her hand his voice gentle as he
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whispered you are my mate my Luna and
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the strongest person I know EST looked
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at the pack her pack and felt something
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she hadn't in years home the Alpha's
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mate who once R wolf had become the Luna
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who roared transformation into the Luna
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of Shadow Crest was not without strou
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the battle may have ended but scars both
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physical and emotional lingered Riker
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pack looked to her for leaderhip but
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doubt not at her heart could she truly
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be the Luna they deserved could she
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stand beside Riker as equal for years
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asid had been told she was worthless
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beaten down until she believ it but rer
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ever agent Stood Beside her guiding her
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through the uncertain days head he
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trained her putting her to embrace her
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strength you are not the broken girl
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your father made you believe you were he
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told her in train yard AST found herself
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again her wolf powerful and agile became
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an extend of her will she fought
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alongside Riker sparring under the
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watchful eyes of the back with each
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strike each shift each howl that escaped
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her lips she began to believe what reer
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had seen in her all along but Shadows
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still loomed rumors whispered of unrest
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Beyond Shadow Crest other backs were
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uneasy their Alphas worry of a Rog Gorn
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Luna some saw as rise threat others as
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an opportunity to strike allies grew
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scarce and enemies gathered in secret it
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was during one of the AL where reer
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hoped to litify Lis that as's resolve
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would be disted once again the grand
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hall was filled with powerful office the
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presence overwhelming astred dressed in
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a flung that HIIT her SS stood tall
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beside Riker but she felt their judgment
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like GS they whispered about her Origins
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her Rogue ped questioning whether she
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was fit to Luna Riker's Fury simmered
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beneath the surface but it was asked her
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who forward her voice cutting through
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the room youd help me because I was born
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outside your perf tax but I'm here today
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because I survived what you could never
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endure I fought for my place beside
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raiker and I will fight for this pack my
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pack till my last breath her words
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echoed like thunder the Alice fell Sil
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it there spped to some tempered by the
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fire in her voice the first time astred
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wasn't hiding in the shadows she stood
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as Riker's equal a Luna who refused to
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ignore it Riker's Pride sha through his
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smile as he took her hand solidifying
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their bond before the room but danger
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had been brewing in secret in the days
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that followed Rogue attacks increased
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more organized and brutal than before it
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was clear someone was pulling the
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strings the name zenith reservist but
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this time Whispers of Greater enemy
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followed patas Alpha who thve in and
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claimed to the right ruler of all
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werewolves the attacks reached shadur
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borders threatening to tear the back
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apart reer and astd led the defense
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their wolves fighting side by side
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asid's strength as Luna became unn her
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connection with the pack allowed her to
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Rally the wounded to inspire them to
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fight harder for every strike Riker
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delivered as was their day under their
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bond a seamless force on the battlefield
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mid to the chaos th's true plan was
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revealed he had aligned himself with the
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r
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his army a distraction to draw Riker as
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away from the B house as's heart sank
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when he realized the truth Zen's goal
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was not hquest it was Revenge he wanted
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to destroy everything as held dear when
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the back house was set a blaze as's
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worst fears were realized rker ordered
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the Warriors to prep back but ASD
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refused to stay behind she raced through
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the smoke in Flames her wolf snaring
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with rage until she found Zenith waiting
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for her the scarred man grinned his
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voice drien with malice you carry your
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father's blood girl I wonder if you'll
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die as easily as he did ith was strong
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his wolf is dark and twist as his soul
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but astred was no longer the frightened
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girl she had once been she fought with
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everything she had her movement precise
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and deadly reer arrived just in time to
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see her deliver the final blow her wolf
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tearing through Zen's throat with a
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Victorious Roar the r Alpha's Army
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scattered without the leader leing
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Shadow Crest battered but sing ased
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emerged from the Flames her F streak
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with Ash and blood but her head held
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high she had not only Avenged her
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parents but she had proven herself to
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the back to reiker to her s Dawn broke
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over Shadow Crest the pat gathered to
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honor the Luna as Stood Beside Riker her
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hand clasped tightly in his the bond
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between them was stronger than ever
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their connection unbreakable rer looked
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at her with pride his voice soft as he
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whispered You Are My Strength ASD my
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equal my forever as gazed out at the
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back her pack feeling a warmth she had
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never known she had found her place her
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family and her purpose the girl who had
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once been beaten abandoned and Afraid
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was gone in her place stood a Luna a
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warrior and the Survivor as the pack
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house their loyalty to the rying Sun as
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to join them her voice ringing loud and
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clear she was no longer the girl who
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cried wolf she was the Luna who roared
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return to Shadow Crest after the battle
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marked the beginning of a new chapter
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but peace Was Rattle and the scar of War
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ran deep as she sailed into her Ro as
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Luna doubts lingered the pack looked to
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her with admiration but as still
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struggled to see herself illw worthy rer
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patient as ever stood by her side
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reminding her at every turn that she was
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stronger than he believed in the pack
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house became a strange blend of comfort
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and chaos
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Seth and Mia ever loyal and playful
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welcomed asra his family while the
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Warriors of Shadow Crest trained harder
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than ever to defend their home rker and
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asid spent their days strengthening the
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back rker leading with authority and ASD
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learning how to balance compassion and
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command the bond between them grew
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stronger with each passing day the mate
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pull impossible to resist but even as as
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found her footing her past refused to
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stay buried whisper spread of a rogue
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ala successor someone who would rise
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take seen place the attacks though
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diminished never ceased entirely as
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haunted by nightmares of her father
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voice and the day her mother died began
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to question everything who had her
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father been why had Zenith Target her so
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fiercely the answers lay buried in her
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bloodline a truth rker was turned to
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cover one night as the pack gathered
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around a roaring fire to celebrate a
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successful hunt Riker pulled as aside
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the moon bathed them in Silverlight as
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he took her hand there's something you
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need to know he softly his eyes filled
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with hesitation as's heart raced as he
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explained her mother's death had not
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been a random tragedy her father her
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real father had been the elf of powerful
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P Longo betrayed and killed in an
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uprising led by Zenith her mother had
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fled to BR gastrit hiding her true
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identity until it was safe the weight of
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the Revelation crashed over astd like a
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wave she was more than a Rog Gorn Luna
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she was the last surviving air of Fallen
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Al bloodline the truth gave her strength
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but it also brought iner if the Rogue
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alfas discovered her lineage they would
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stop at nothing to claim her power for
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the eles the days turned to weeks the
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loom threat grew closer Scouts reported
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sightings of a new rogue leader rallying
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forces on shadowrr borders astred now
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turned to embrace her lissy refused to
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hide in the P house she trained harder
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than ever her bond with her wolf growing
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deeper rer watched her with pride his
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love for her and unspoken on it we'll
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face this together ASD always he
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promised the final confrontation came
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under the blood red light of Full Moon
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Rogues poured in shadowrr territory
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their numbers greater than anyone had
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anticipated the battle was chaos claws
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slashed teeth tore and the air rang with
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howls of Fury asid fought at reer side
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her wolf of force of nature as she tore
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through the enemy ranks at the heart of
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the cast as came face to face with the
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Rogue leader a monstrous wolf who had
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claimed to your father's rightful air
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throg sneered his voice dripping with
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malice you are the last of your kind
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astred a broken girl who thinks she can
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lead I'll end your line tonight the
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fight was brutal every blow fueled by
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years of pain and anger as wolf roared
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as she Unleashed her full strength her
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movements Swift and precise she was no
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longer the broken girl her father had
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beaten but the frightened child who had
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cried for help she was a warrior Al Luna
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and she would not fall with one final
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strike astred defeated the Rogue leader
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her Victory cending her place as Luna of
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Shadow Crest the Rogue scattered their
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Spirit broken and the pack erupted in
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and howls rer Stood Beside astred
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his gaze filled with pride and love you
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did it he whispered his voice choked
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with emotion the days that followed were
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filled with healing and rebuilding
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Shadow Crest though battered stood
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strong its Warriors United like never
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before astred now fully embracing her
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role as Luna LED alongside rker with
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confidence she had found her place her
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family and her purpose The Quiet Moments
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that followed reker took as's hand they
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watched the sunrise over their territory
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you are my mate my Luna and my heart he
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said softly pressing kiss to her
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forehead astred smiled her eyes shying
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with tears the first time in her life
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she felt whole the girl who had once
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been broken had become the Luna who
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roared her voice echoing across Shadow
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Crest is a beacon of strength and hope
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the months after the final battle
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brought a period of calm to Shadow Crest
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the land healed back thed and as grew
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into the Luna she was always meant to be
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reiker remained by her side a steady and
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unwavering presence his love for her
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evident in every Lance every touch and
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every word together they were the heart
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of Shadow Crest Bond so strong it could
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never be broken once unsure of her place
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now so tall and proud as the back leader
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the Wolves who had once died her now
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looked at her with respect and loyalty
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her past no longer defined her instead
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it gave her strength she worked
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tirelessly to ensure the pack remained
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safe and United helping to rebuild the
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walls of their territory and forging new
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alliances with neighboring ax under her
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and Riker's leadership Shadow Crest was
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stronger than it had have been but the
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Shadows of the past lingered in astra's
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heart she still carried the memory of
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her mother's death and her father's
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cruelty like scars on her soul one quiet
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evening reer found her standing by the
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great water fountain outside the bat
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house her reflection Rippling in the
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moonlet water he approached silently his
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arms wrapping around her waist as he
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roed his chin on her shoulder what's on
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your mind he asked softly asked side her
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gaze lost in the fountain Waters I keep
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thinking about my mother but everything
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she gave up to protect me I wish she
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could see me now rker I wish she could
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know I'm safe and happy rer turned her
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to face him his blue eyes soft and
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understanding she would be proud of you
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as youve built a life she would have
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wanted for you you're strong Brave and
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loved not just by me but by everyone
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here her sacrifice wasn't in vain tears
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welled in as's eyes but for the first
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time they weren't tears of vain they
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were tears of release she nodded a small
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smile breaking across her lips thank you
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rer for everything you don't need to
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thank me love you're my mate you are
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everything to me he leaned down curing
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her lips in a kiss that held all the
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promises he had ever made the days
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turned tears as and Riker's Bond only
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deepened together they welcomed peace in
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Shadow Crest forging a new Legacy for
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back and for their family the mate bond
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that once scared astred became her
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greatest sord of strength a reminder
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that love true unyielding love could
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heal even the deepest wounds astred
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became more than just Luna she was
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symbol of Hope for all who knew her
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story she showed the pack that strength
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came not from where you started but from
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how you chose to rise
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the girl who had once been beaten broken
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and a band had become a queen Among
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Wolves I'm as and rker walk pups into
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the world small bundle of joy with their
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father's sharp blue eyes and their
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mother's Fierce Spirit the pack
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celebrated with howls that echoed
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through the mountains promise of new
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beginnings and a brighter future
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standing on the balcony of the bat house
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as watched as rer played with the
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children in the gardens below laughter
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filled the air and ASD felt a warmth
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spread through her chest this was her
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family her back her home the Moon Rose
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high in the sky she tilted her head back
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letting out a soft powerful howl a lon's
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call that resonated with pride and love
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the back answered her their voices
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showing in harmony led by Riker deep
16:09
commanding how together they were
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Unstoppable as story was no longer one
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of pain and suffering it was Story of
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Survival love and Triumph she had faced
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the dark of her past fought against the
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odds and emerged as a leader a warrior
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and Al Luna girl who once cried wolf had
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become the heart of Shad crest