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00:00I was born with huge breasts, yet I was the Dark Knight Pax lowest-ranking Omega.
00:06When Angelina caught her fiancé staring at me,
00:10she sold me to the Iron Howl Pax Alpha, a man left half-dead by war.
00:17Riker is ruined down there, but maybe he's still useful in other ways.
00:24Months later, I was the one begging for mercy.
00:29Every. Single. Night.
00:35Ruin down there? Not even close.
00:41Alpha Riker Ironhawa was carried back from the Northern Front,
00:45drouched in blood, barely breathing.
00:48The Pax Seer gave her one desperate option, a blood oath.
00:53Find an Omega, use her blood and a Moonlight Vow.
00:56Fuse their fates together to keep his dying soul tethered to this world.
01:01When word reached the shadow pack, Angelina jumped at the chance.
01:05She couldn't wait to get rid of me.
01:08I was a ticking time bomb to her.
01:11Say no, and I'll sell you to that old Alpha up north.
01:16He loves breaking worthless Omegas like you.
01:19I knew exactly why she hated me.
01:22She had found out about my past, with Silas, her new fiancé.
01:26I opened my mouth to defend myself, to tell her I wrapped my chest so tight my ribs bruised,
01:31that I bound myself even in the blistering summer heat, but a guard burst through the heavy doors.
01:39Lady Angelana, riders from the Ironhowl pack are here.
01:43They say Alpha Riker is awake.
01:47Angelina hauled me straight into the Ironhowl estate, in the massive bedroom.
01:54He lay completely still.
01:56Muffled, agonizing coughs broke the silence.
02:00A faint metallic scent of blood lingered in the air.
02:04Lady Grace clutched Angelina's hands, tears streaming down her face.
02:08Thank you for everything, Angelina.
02:12But he's awake now.
02:14We don't need the blood oath anymore.
02:17Lady Grace, the contract must go on.
02:20Why?
02:21Amelia is blessed by the goddess.
02:23Think about it.
02:24The second she agreed, Ryan woke up.
02:27If we finish the bond, your Alpha might fully recover.
02:31Lady Grace cast a hesitant glance at me.
02:34Just then, the pack healer stepped out of the bedroom.
02:38He looked at her, struggling to speak.
02:41My lady, the Alpha.
02:43Spit it out.
02:44There are no outsiders here.
02:45He is awake, but his wolf is shattered.
02:48I fear he will never shift again.
02:50He might not even be able to claim a mate.
02:53Claim a mate.
02:54For an Alpha, being unable to mark meant one thing.
02:58The pack was cut off from the goddess's blessing.
03:01There would be no pure blood air.
03:04The words dropped like a bomb.
03:06Lady Grace's knees buckled.
03:08I quickly reached out and supported her.
03:11She looked at me, her eyes completely broken.
03:14Child, are you still willing to marry my son?
03:18I swear I will never mistreat you.
03:20You can just be a daughter to me.
03:22Angelina answered before I could even breathe.
03:24She will.
03:25She absolutely will!
03:28A wolf-less orphan Omega?
03:30Marrying into the Iron Hall pack is the luckiest day of her miserable life.
03:35I opened my mouth, but no words came out.
03:37I wasn't always a nobody.
03:39My father was Lucian, the Shadow Packs healer.
03:43When he died, I was left with nothing.
03:45The man we'd funded for years.
03:48Silas threw silver over his door and never looked back.
03:52Debt collectors came for me.
03:54Grand Elder Damon bought my papers out of pity and made me a slave.
03:58And Silas, he became Angelina's fiancé.
04:02I pretended I didn't know him.
04:04I kept my head down and served Angelina.
04:08But eventually, she found out.
04:11I stopped fighting my fate.
04:13I stepped forward, lifted my skirt, and dropped to my knees before Lady Grace.
04:19My Lady, I will do it.
04:21I will marry Alpha Ryer and bind myself to the blood oath.
04:25Lady Grace kept her word.
04:27She oversaw every detail of my wedding dress herself.
04:31Angelina specifically picked a day Silas was away to ship me off.
04:35She shoved my debt papers into my hand.
04:37A guilty smirk on her face.
04:39I know Ryer is ruin down there.
04:42But look on the bright side.
04:44You'll never have to suffer through childbirth.
04:46And who knows?
04:48A crippled Alpha might compensate in other ways.
04:51I blocked her out.
04:53To me, I was just swapping one master for another.
04:56The carriage stopped before the moon goddess statue in Ironhal territory.
05:00The entire pack was gathered.
05:02Alpha Ryer was too weak to stand.
05:05I swore my vows to his heavy broadsword.
05:07The pack oracle dragged a bone laid across my palm.
05:11Squeezed my blood onto an ancient parchment.
05:14Sealed the blood oath.
05:15When I pushed open the heavy oak doors to his bedroom,
05:18Ryok was propped up against the headboard.
05:20He wore a dark robe.
05:22His face ghost pale.
05:24Alpha.
05:25He turned his head.
05:27I froze.
05:28He was devastatingly handsome.
05:31A sharp jawline.
05:32Deep set features.
05:34But his eyes.
05:36Deep, amber eyes that stared right through me.
05:39His voice was a low, gravelly rasp.
05:42Amelia.
05:43I have no intention of getting a wife.
05:45If you don't mind, we will live as brother and sister.
05:49Tonight's ceremony was my mother's idea.
05:51She's terrified rival packs will sense my...
05:54condition.
05:56And attack.
05:57You can take the lounge for tonight.
05:59I'll have a guest room prepared for you tomorrow.
06:01I didn't know what to say.
06:04I finally nodded.
06:06Okay.
06:07Ryker looked relieved.
06:09He pulled the heavy blankets up and turned away.
06:12Get some rest.
06:13Soon, his breathing steadished.
06:15I walked to the vanity, pulled off the crown and loosened my hair.
06:19I unbuttoned my wedding dress.
06:21Silk piled at my feet.
06:22I looked at my reflection in the bronze mirror.
06:25Heavy curves.
06:26A waist so tiny it looked like it could snap.
06:29But there were also ugly, bruised welds from years of tight chest binding.
06:33I turned around, reaching for my nightgown.
06:36And I met Ryker's eyes.
06:39He wasn't asleep.
06:41Those dark amber eyes were open, locked dead onto me.
06:44The fireplace cast flickering shadows over his face.
06:48He was completely flushed, his Adam's jankle bobbing hard.
06:52I snatched my dress off the floor, clutching it tightly against my chest.
06:57My voice trembled.
06:59You were supposed to be asleep!
07:02Silence.
07:03A long, heavy silence.
07:05When he finally spoke, his voice was an entire octave deeper.
07:10Rougher.
07:11Like he was suppressing a dark growl.
07:16I can sleep later.
07:18The heavy blanket slipped off his chest.
07:21He planted his feet firmly on the floor and stood up without a single stumble.
07:26He was bare-chested.
07:28I stopped breathing.
07:30His torso was a road map of pure violence.
07:32A massive, jagged claw mark ripped diagonally across his chest.
07:37Round, dark arrow scar littered his abdomen.
07:41Every mark was a brutal testament to his legendary past.
07:45He took a step toward me.
07:48His massive shadow swallowed me whole.
07:51My legs trembled.
07:53Every instinct in my body screamed at me to run.
07:56I remembered the older Omegas whispering about alphas.
07:59Right now, all those dirty whispers flooded my mind.
08:03Riker stood right in front of me, looking down.
08:05His gaze dragged from my face, down my neck, to the dress clutched against my chest,
08:11then slowly back up to my eyes.
08:12There was no disgust, no pity, only a dark, burning emotion I couldn't understand.
08:19Then, he turned on his heel, walked straight out the door.
08:24I stood there, my heart pounding out of my chest.
08:28I looked down at my bruised, bound ribs.
08:32I wanted to disappear.
08:34I walked back to the mirror, tracing the ugly purple indepts with my trembling fingers.
08:40I thought, tomorrow, I'll pull the bindings even tighter.
08:46I lay down on the Shea Lounge, pulling a thin blanket over myself and closed my eyes.
08:50As I was half asleep, the door creaked open.
08:54Ryder was back.
08:55His hair was dripping wet.
08:57I felt him stand over the lounge, watching me for a long time.
09:03Then, a soft, ragged sigh, like wind rustling dead leaves.
09:08He got back into bed and didn't make another sound.
09:11The next morning, I woke up early.
09:14Riker was already gone.
09:15I sat at the vanity, brushing my hair.
09:18Outside in the hallway, I heard an older servant's whispering,
09:21Alpha, if you needed to bathe, why didn't you ask for hot water?
09:26An ice-cold shower in your condition?
09:30Please, Alpha, you must take care of your body.
09:34My brush stopped midair.
09:36A cold shower?
09:38On his wedding night?
09:40I shook my head.
09:42Impossible.
09:44He was practically a corpse.
09:46I picked up the long strip of binding cloth,
09:50wrapped it around my chest,
09:53pulling it much tighter than yesterday.
09:55For my first month at the Iron Howl estate,
09:58Ryder completely avoided me.
10:00Every morning, I checked in with Lady Grace.
10:03Then, I headed straight to the kitchens to brew his healing medicine.
10:08It was one of the few ways I could make myself useful.
10:12My late father was the shadow pack's healer.
10:15She had asked on my third day,
10:17her eyes holding desperate hope.
10:20I hear you know your way around herbal remedies.
10:23Ryder isn't healing.
10:25We've cycled through three pack heapers with zero results.
10:29If you are willing.
10:32I am.
10:34I brewed his remedies every day,
10:38using herbs I'd learned from my father.
10:41I delivered the very first bowl myself.
10:44I carried the wooden tray into his bedroom.
10:47He was leaning against the window, reading.
10:50The afternoon sun caught the edges of his brown hair,
10:54turning it to spun gold.
10:57The heavy door clicked.
10:59He looked up.
11:00The second our eyes locked,
11:02his pupils constricted,
11:03I whispered,
11:04using his formal title,
11:06Alpha,
11:06I brought your medicine.
11:09Ryden's gaze lingered on my face for a fraction of a second.
11:13Then it dropped to the steaming bowl.
11:15He said flatly,
11:16his voice completely attached,
11:19pure ice.
11:20Leave this to the servants from now on.
11:23I don't mind doing it.
11:25It's not the same.
11:26Have a maid bring it.
11:27He took the tray from my hands,
11:29downing the scalding brew in three massive gulps.
11:33Then he turned his back to me
11:34and went straight back to his book.
11:36I stood frozen by the door.
11:38The message was clear.
11:40He couldn't stand the sight of me.
11:43After that day,
11:44I handed the bowl to a maid.
11:46I never stepped foot in his bedroom again.
11:49A month passed.
11:50One morning,
11:52she grabbed my hands.
11:53Amelia,
11:54guess what?
11:55The pack healer just checked Riger's vitals.
11:58He said his body is actually repairing itself.
12:01He even asked if I hired a new physician.
12:05Child,
12:06this is all you're doing.
12:08I'm just doing my job, my lady.
12:10No.
12:11You did the impossible.
12:13Three pack healers and gallons of expensive tonnets did absolutely nothing.
12:18Your medicine saved him.
12:19She slipped an ancient, heavy silver bracelet off her wrist.
12:23It bore the iron howl crown.
12:26She pressed it into my palm.
12:29Riger's grandmother gave this to me.
12:31Now, it belongs to you.
12:34I couldn't refuse her.
12:36Back in my room,
12:38I locked the bracelet in a small wooden chest.
12:40It sat next to several other pieces Lady Grace had given me.
12:44Several pieces of jewelry.
12:46Every single piece was worth a fortune.
12:49My maid watched me.
12:50Stashed them away,
12:52totally confused.
12:54My lady,
12:55why don't you ever wear them?
12:57Lady Grace picked them out just for you.
12:59Because one day,
13:01I can pawn these for silver.
13:03You want to sell them?
13:05Not today.
13:07But if the day comes,
13:08when I finally have to leave this place,
13:11this is my escape fund.
13:13A deep voice echoed.
13:15Leave?
13:16I whipped around.
13:17Ryder was standing dead center in the doorway,
13:20looking even paler than usual.
13:21His amber eyes,
13:23absolute ice.
13:24Alpha,
13:25do you need something?
13:26His gaze dropped from my face
13:28to the treasure box in my hands.
13:30Then he looked away.
13:31His voice was dangerously calm.
13:34I left some old belongings in this room.
13:36I came to get them.
13:38I can help you look, Alpha.
13:40What is it?
13:41A journal.
13:43Okay.
13:44Do you remember where you left it?
13:46No.
13:47I immediately started searching the cabinets.
13:50I spotted a worn leather journal
13:52pushed to the very back of the top shelf.
13:55I got up on my tiptoes to reach it.
13:58Just as my fingers brushed brush the spine,
14:01a massive hand covered mine.
14:04Ryder's bare skin scrayed my knuckles.
14:07A violent jolt of electricity shot straight up my arm.
14:11I looked up.
14:13It was the closest I had ever been to his face.
14:16Up close,
14:18his dark eyes were mesmerizing.
14:22A razor-thin ring of gold circled his pupils.
14:26It was the deniable mark of Alpha blood.
14:29Even broken,
14:30even allegedly wolf-less,
14:32that gold ring still burned fiercely,
14:34like a glowing ember refusing to die.
14:38My heart slammed against my ribs.
14:41Your journal, Alpha.
14:43I yanked my hand back,
14:45spinning around to step away,
14:47but the edge of the thick rug caught my heel.
14:49I pitched backward into empty space.
14:54Ryder caught me instantly.
14:56My back slammed flush against his hard chest.
15:00Even through my suffocating chest binding,
15:03I felt the raw heat radiating off his body.
15:06His heartbeat mammored against my spine,
15:09fast, wild.
15:11I pulled away.
15:13I...
15:13I need to go.
15:15I fled.
15:16I'm an idiot.
15:17He couldn't even stand the sight of me,
15:19and I just threw myself right into his arms.
15:22Now he was going to absolutely loathe me.
15:25Half a month went by,
15:26and a new nightmare started.
15:29Someone was leaving me notes.
15:31The first one was slipped under my fate chopping knife in the kitchen.
15:34A neatly folded piece of parchment.
15:37Just one line,
15:38meet me at the west gate.
15:40No signature,
15:41but I knew that handwriting.
15:43Simus.
15:44I crumpled it into a ball,
15:46and tossed it straight into the roaring fireplace.
15:48The second note was slid under my bedroom door.
15:51This one was a lot bolder.
15:53I know you're suffering.
15:54A wolfless Omega is nothing in the iron howl pack.
15:58Riker won't even look at you, would he?
16:00I can give you a real life.
16:04I ripped the parchment to shreds,
16:06and threw it in the trash.
16:07The third time,
16:09my maid shoved a note into my hand.
16:11She looked absolutely terrified.
16:14My lady,
16:15it's not just a note this time.
16:18There's a man at the west gate.
16:20He says he's not leaving until you show up.
16:23My knuckles turned bone white as I crushed the paper.
16:25I stormed out of my room,
16:28strode down the heavy stone corridor,
16:30and yanked open the west gate.
16:32A man was standing just outside.
16:35He murmured,
16:36pulling back his dark hood.
16:37His face was handsome,
16:39but completely soulless.
16:40Amelia,
16:41you finally came.
16:43My voice was absolute zero.
16:45Silas,
16:46you will address me as Lady Ironhow.
16:48He froze.
16:50Lady Ironhow.
16:51Do you have any idea what happens
16:53if Alpha's mate is caught sneaking out
16:55to meet another man?
16:56I'm getting promoted.
16:58Eastern territory.
16:59Come with me.
17:01It's better than rotting here
17:02with a crippled Alpha.
17:04I took a sharp step back,
17:05staring at him with pure disgust.
17:07You want me to be your mistress?
17:09Simus nodded.
17:11Totally serious.
17:12Why the hell would I throw away
17:14my title as the Alpha's wife
17:16just to be your dirty little secret?
17:19Everyone in the north
17:20knows Riker Ironhowl
17:22has one foot in the grave.
17:24He's dying.
17:25He can't even claim a mate.
17:27And he can never give you
17:29what you actually need.
17:31His eyes dropped to my chest,
17:33even buried under layers
17:34of thick cobblik
17:35and suffocating binding.
17:36His gaze felt like a violation
17:38I could feel
17:39through every layer of cloth.
17:40A beautiful thing like you,
17:42it's a tragic waste.
17:44I know exactly what game
17:45you're playing, Simus.
17:46You owe me your life.
17:48Did you forget?
17:49My father kept you
17:50from starving for three years.
17:52When they shattered your leg
17:53in the fighting pits,
17:54I was the one banding your bones.
17:56But the one time
17:56I actually needed you,
17:58what did you do?
17:59You stood behind a locked door.
18:02You told me you were engaged
18:03to the Grand Elder's spoiled brat.
18:06And you threw a bag of silver
18:07over the wall.
18:08I never spent a single
18:10copper of that silver.
18:12It's buried under the old oak tree
18:14outside the shadow-packed borders.
18:16If you want it back,
18:18go dig it up yourself.
18:20Just give me some time.
18:22I'll talk to Angelina.
18:23I'll convince her to let you...
18:25Let me what?
18:27Be your pathetic little side piece?
18:30Listen to me very carefully, Silas.
18:32I will never be any man's whore.
18:35Never set foot near this gate again.
18:37My husband is the Alpha
18:38of the Iron Howl Pack,
18:41the most dangerous territory
18:42in the North.
18:45If he finds out
18:46you've been stalking his wife,
18:49do you honestly think
18:50you'll live to see that promotion?
18:52You'd really choose
18:53a crippled freak over me?
18:55I glared at him,
18:56years of suppressed rage
18:58finally boiling over.
18:59My husband bled
19:00to protect this pack.
19:02His scars are his honor.
19:03As a wolf,
19:04you call yourself a warrior?
19:06A man sworn to defend?
19:08You have zero right
19:09to talk behind his back.
19:10In my eyes,
19:11he is a true Alpha.
19:13Unlike you.
19:14You might have
19:15a working body, Silas,
19:17but your soul is rottened.
19:19I slammed the heavy door
19:20right in his face.
19:21I spun around to walk away,
19:23except it wasn't a wall.
19:24It was a man.
19:26Ryder was standing
19:27barely half a step behind me.
19:29I had no idea
19:30how long he had been standing there.
19:32Alpha.
19:34He looked down at me.
19:36You were just calling me
19:37your husband out there.
19:39Why so formal now?
19:44My heart skipped a violent beat.
19:48Alpha, please don't misunderstand.
19:50As long as I am
19:51in the Iron Howl pack,
19:52I know my place.
19:54I will never betray you.
19:59It's getting late.
20:00I need to brew
20:01your evening remedy.
20:02I tried to slip past him.
20:04As I brushed by,
20:05Ryken's hand shat out,
20:06his long fingers
20:07wrapping around my arm.
20:09I lost my balance
20:10and tumbled straight
20:11into his chest.
20:12I threw my head back,
20:13crashing right into Ryard's
20:14deep, smoldering gaze.
20:16We were inches apart.
20:17If either of us leaned in,
20:19our lips would touch.
20:20My cheeks burned like fire.
20:23I could feel his chest
20:24rising and falling,
20:25hard, irregular.
20:27What do you mean
20:28as long as I am
20:29in the Iron Howl pack?
20:32Are you counting down
20:33the days until you can leave?
20:35I couldn't exactly say
20:37I'm leaving the second you die.
20:39No.
20:40I didn't mean that.
20:42Alpha,
20:43you're hurting my arm.
20:46Everything you said
20:47to him out there,
20:49did you mean it?
20:50Which part?
20:51He released my arm
20:53and took half a step back.
20:54Like a terrified rabbit,
20:56I bolted.
20:57I saw his face,
20:59completely flushed.
21:03That night,
21:04I had a wildly
21:05inappropriate dream.
21:07In it,
21:07Ryard's lips brushed
21:08against my cheek.
21:09His finger hooked
21:10onto the delicate lace
21:11of my nightgown.
21:12He whispered
21:13a dark, seductive purr.
21:16My lady,
21:17do you want this?
21:19In the dream,
21:20I nodded.
21:21Then his mouth
21:22crashed down on mine.
21:23It was fierce,
21:25intoxicating,
21:26driven by a deep
21:27feral hunger.
21:28His tongue forced
21:29my mouth open,
21:30claiming every inch
21:32of me like a conquered
21:33territory.
21:36Ryder.
21:37I jolted awake,
21:38my pulse racing.
21:39My heart was threatening
21:40to rip through my chest.
21:41My clothes were soaked
21:42in sweat,
21:43clinging to my skin.
21:44Deep in my core,
21:46a strange,
21:46humiliating heat
21:47throbbed relentlessly.
21:48My maid heard the rustling
21:50and pushed the door open.
21:53My lady,
21:54are you alright?
21:56Bring me a sounded
21:57terrifying of cold Ruski.
21:59She brought the water,
22:01staring at my damp hair
22:02and flushed cheeks.
22:04It really is getting
22:05too hot for this time of year.
22:06I splashed the freezing water
22:08onto my face.
22:10The brutal cold
22:11shocked me back to reality.
22:14On our wedding night,
22:15Ryder took a cold shower.
22:17Was he also?
22:19I shook my head violently.
22:22No.
22:23It was impossible.
22:25He was practically
22:26broken in half.
22:27Right around noon,
22:29Lady Grace's maid
22:30delivered a message.
22:31My lady,
22:32the matriarch is hosting
22:34dinner in the gardens tonight.
22:35She insists you attend.
22:38I had been claiming
22:39I was ill to avoid
22:40the main dining hall
22:41for days.
22:42I was terrified
22:44of running into Ryder again.
22:47Terrified of staring
22:48into those amber eyes
22:49that made my pulse race.
22:51But when Lady Grace
22:52personally asked,
22:54I couldn't say no.
22:56At twilight,
22:57I walked down
22:57into the estate gardens.
22:59The garden was small
23:00but elegant,
23:01dominated by a towering
23:03pomegranate tree
23:04in full bloom.
23:05Crimson petals
23:06drifted onto the stone table.
23:08The table was ladden
23:10with all my favorite dishes.
23:12All my favorite.
23:14Lady Grace sat at the head
23:15of the table,
23:16beaming at me.
23:17She smiled warmly.
23:20Come, sit.
23:22Ryder had the kitchens
23:23prepare this just for you.
23:25I froze.
23:27My eyes darted
23:28across the table.
23:29Ryder was sitting
23:30right across from me.
23:31He wore a heavy,
23:33dark brown coat
23:34that made his sharp features
23:35look even more lethal
23:36in the twilight.
23:37He was staring down,
23:39quietly adjusting
23:40his silverware.
23:41He must have felt my gaze.
23:44He slowly lifted his eyes.
23:46The exact second
23:48our eyes locked,
23:49my face caught fire
23:51all over again.
23:52I quickly snapped
23:54my gaze down to my plate.
23:55Subtly,
23:56Lady Grace lit a small platter
23:58of chestnut cakes
23:59toward me.
24:00Ryder specifically sent
24:01a Ryder down
24:02to the southern markets
24:03for these.
24:04He told me
24:05they were your favorite.
24:07I slowly raised my eyes
24:09to look at him.
24:10He didn't meet my gaze.
24:13I saw your birth date
24:14on our marriage contract.
24:17My heart gave a sudden
24:18soft flutter.
24:20Nobody had ever
24:21remembered my birthday.
24:23Back in the shadow, pal,
24:25birthdays were only celebrated
24:26for wolves with actual power.
24:29A wolf-less,
24:31defect omega
24:31wasn't worth the memory.
24:33Lady Grace picked up
24:34a heavy clay jug
24:36and poured me a glass
24:37of rich, amber liquid.
24:39I've been saving
24:40this wine for years.
24:41I opened it tonight
24:43just for the two of you.
24:45But don't drink
24:46too much now.
24:48She stood up,
24:49claiming the night air
24:50was getting too chilly
24:51for her old bones
24:52and left us
24:53completely alone.
24:54The second Lady Grace
24:56vanished,
24:57a heavy silence
24:58fell over the garden.
24:59It was so quiet
25:01I could hear
25:02my own heartbeat pounding.
25:03To break the tension,
25:05I grabbed my cup.
25:06I chugged down
25:07the amber wine.
25:09It tasted dangerally sweet,
25:12smooth on the way down,
25:13but it kicked like a mule.
25:16By my fourth glass,
25:17the world was starting to spin.
25:19I reached blindly
25:20for the empty platter
25:21in front of me.
25:22I tilted my head,
25:24peering at Rired
25:25through a blurry haze.
25:28Where is the last
25:29chestnut cake?
25:31Riker's lips
25:32trickled slightly.
25:33He said softly,
25:35I ate it.
25:37I don't know where
25:38I found the nerve.
25:39I planted my hands
25:40on the stone table
25:41and pushed myself up.
25:42I stumbled around the edge,
25:44leaning right into his face.
25:47I mumbled,
25:48Who said you could eat it?
25:50Spit it out right now.
25:53Riker just stared up at me.
25:54A dark fire flared
25:56in his amber eyes.
25:58He parted his lips slightly.
26:00Come find it yourself.
26:03I squinted at his mouth.
26:05You're never going to find it
26:06looking like that.
26:08Then how?
26:10Try using your mouth.
26:11My eyes slowly drifted
26:13down to his lips.
26:14They were sharp,
26:15lethal.
26:16But right now,
26:17slicked with sweet wine,
26:19they looked devastatingly soft
26:20and gleaming with moisture.
26:22I swallowed hard
26:24and without thinking,
26:25I crashed my lips onto his.
26:27The absolute second we touched,
26:30Ryder's entire body
26:31went steric as stone,
26:32but only for a split second.
26:34The next moment,
26:35his massive hand
26:36locked around the back
26:37of my head,
26:38my brain completely
26:39short-sucked.
26:40All I could feel
26:41was his mouth,
26:42his tongue,
26:44his ragged breathing,
26:45and the electric shock
26:47of his fingers
26:47threading deeply
26:48into my hair.
26:50We didn't rip apart
26:51until footsteps
26:52crunched on the gravel
26:53behind the flower beds.
26:55I jerked back.
26:56In the next instant,
26:57the world spun violently
26:58and the sky
26:59flipped upside down.
27:00My vision went pitch black.
27:02I collapsed.
27:03The splitting headache
27:04woke me up.
27:06I forced my eyes open,
27:08squinting at an
27:09unfamiliar ceiling.
27:13This was the Alpha's bedroom.
27:16What the hell
27:16am I doing here?
27:21My lady,
27:22you got completely
27:23drunk last night.
27:24Alpha Ryder
27:25carried you back.
27:28Did I
27:29say anything stupid?
27:32Absolutely.
27:33He tried to lay you down,
27:35but you grabbed his sleeve
27:36and refused to let go.
27:37You kept calling him
27:38husband over
27:39and over a day.
27:41His entire face
27:41turned bright red.
27:44Get out!
27:47She giggled
27:48and bolted
27:49from the room.
27:50I lay there
27:51for a long time,
27:52totally paralyzed,
27:54until someone
27:55knocked.
27:57My lady,
27:58the matriarch's
27:59waiting at the gates.
28:00We're heading to the
28:00sacred peak
28:01for the blessing.
28:01I scrambled out of bed,
28:03splashed some water
28:04on my face,
28:05and practically ran
28:06out of the castle.
28:09Lady Grace was already
28:10sitting in the carriage.
28:12No rush, dear.
28:13Take your time.
28:16The carriage rolled
28:17out of Ironhal territory,
28:19following a dirt road
28:20up toward the sacred peak.
28:22The mountain was
28:22holy ground
28:23for northern wolves.
28:24Legend said
28:25the wolf god himself
28:26left his mark there.
28:27The coronation ceremony
28:29for each generation
28:30of Alpha
28:30takes place there.
28:31Halfway up the trail,
28:33my mind was still consumed
28:34by what happened
28:35last night.
28:36I kissed Rigen,
28:37and then I completely
28:38passed out.
28:39I had absolutely
28:40no idea
28:40what happened next.
28:43Amelia,
28:44is there someone else
28:45in your heart?
28:47You've been dodging
28:48Riken for weeks.
28:50If you want out
28:51of this marriage,
28:52just say the word.
28:53You're young.
28:54You shouldn't waste
28:55your entire life
28:56tied to a...
28:57No!
28:57It's not that at all.
28:59Then what is it?
29:00Before I could answer,
29:01the entire carriage
29:03lopperged violently.
29:05The wooden wheel
29:06suddenly spun out
29:07of control.
29:08The driver was gone.
29:11Amelia!
29:11I realized
29:12there was a cliff
29:13right ahead.
29:14Lady Grace!
29:15Hold on to me tight!
29:16We have to jump!
29:17Jump?
29:18We'll break our bones!
29:20There's a cliff
29:20right there!
29:21If we don't jump
29:22right now,
29:22we're dead!
29:25We tumbled violently
29:27over the jagged
29:28cliffside.
29:28My left arm
29:29was locked
29:30dead around
29:30Lady Grace.
29:32We were dangling
29:33in midair
29:33with nothing
29:34but a massive
29:35bottomless gorge
29:36beneath our feet.
29:37Hold on!
29:38The guards
29:39will find us!
29:40Let me go,
29:41Amelia.
29:42The branch
29:43can't hold
29:43both of us.
29:45I've lived
29:46a long life.
29:47Yours is just...
29:48I won't let go.
29:51You are the first
29:52person to actually
29:53treat me like a
29:54Hugh being in this
29:55hellhole.
29:55You are my family
29:57now,
29:57and I don't
29:58abandon my family.
29:59The branch gave
30:00way a few more
30:01inches.
30:02My fingers were
30:03slipping.
30:04Inch by excruciating
30:05inch,
30:06my nails drug
30:07into the rough
30:08bark,
30:09drawing blood.
30:10Pure despair
30:11washed over me.
30:12Then,
30:13a voice tore
30:14through the air.
30:14Amelia!
30:16Riker has found
30:17us.
30:17He didn't hesitate
30:18at all.
30:19Ryder!
30:20Mid-air,
30:21his body began
30:22to violently shift.
30:23Coarse,
30:24gray fur erupted.
30:26Fingers elongated
30:27into lethal claws.
30:29He was a monstrous,
30:31silver-gray beast.
30:32His massive claws
30:34gouged into the
30:34solid cliff face.
30:36Stone shattered.
30:37His powerful hind legs
30:38kicked off the wall.
30:39He lunched outward,
30:41wrapping one massive
30:42front arm around me
30:43and Lady Grace.
30:44I was pinned
30:45flush against his chest.
30:47I felt his heartbeat
30:48up on the ridge.
30:50Iron howl guards
30:51finally arrived.
30:52Thick ropes
30:53dropped down
30:54the cliffside.
30:55Riker caught the lines
30:56in his baths.
30:57He secured the loops
30:58around us.
30:59The guards started
31:00hauling us up.
31:03The second I cleared
31:05the ledge,
31:05I looked down.
31:07Raiden was still
31:08clinging to the sheer rock.
31:10Those burning golden eyes
31:11locked entirely on me.
31:13Then,
31:14they hauled him up too.
31:15The moment his paws
31:17hit the dirt,
31:18he shifted back.
31:20He was half-naked,
31:22his torso covered
31:24in fresh wounds,
31:25but he seemed to feel
31:27absolutely nothing.
31:29You're bleeding.
31:33I'm fine,
31:35Lady Grace.
31:36She's alive.
31:37You threw yourself
31:39out of a moving carriage.
31:41You hung
31:42onto that branch.
31:44He abruptly
31:44cut himself off.
31:46Something was glistering
31:48in those golden eyes.
31:50It wasn't
31:51alpha fire.
31:52It was tears.
31:55Riker.
31:56He didn't answer.
31:58He just lowered
31:59his head
31:59and rested his forehead
32:00against my uninjured
32:01shoulder.
32:02His massive arms
32:04wrapped around me,
32:05pulling me flush
32:06against his bare
32:07chest.
32:07I'm okay.
32:08You caught me.
32:10All around us,
32:11the Iron Howell guards
32:12silently turned their
32:13backs
32:13and looked out
32:14over the vast
32:15distance.
32:16Only Lady Grace
32:17stayed.
32:18She watched us
32:18from the dirt.
32:19A soft,
32:20tearful smile
32:21spreading across
32:22her face.
32:23I was bedridden
32:24for an entire month.
32:26My dislocated shoulder
32:27took a month
32:28to heal,
32:30agonizingly slow
32:31for a wolf-less Omega.
32:32For that entire month,
32:34I didn't see Riker once.
32:35Lady Grace
32:36had locked herself away,
32:38still shaken
32:39by the fall.
32:39The entire estate
32:41felt suffocatingly tense.
32:43Every guard
32:43wore a grim,
32:44solemn expression.
32:45A heavy,
32:46suffocating pressure
32:48hung in the air,
32:49like the calm
32:50right before
32:51a brutal storm.
32:52Thirty days later,
32:54I could finally
32:54walk on my own.
32:56I pushed my door open.
32:59The stone corridor
33:00was completely empty.
33:01I walked towards
33:02the staircase.
33:04When I passed
33:05Riker's scudule,
33:06the door was shut tight.
33:08I hesitated for a second,
33:09but I didn't knock.
33:10I made it to the front entrance
33:12and pushed open
33:13the heavy oak doors.
33:15Ryder was standing
33:16at the bottom
33:17of the grand steps.
33:19standing completely,
33:21his face hidden
33:22in the shadows.
33:23He walked up
33:25and handed me
33:25a small wooden lockbox.
33:27I took it,
33:28popped the lash.
33:30Inside was a land deed,
33:32the ownership papers
33:34for a small estate
33:35and a signed
33:36mate nullification contract.
33:37my entire body
33:39went ragged.
33:40You're kicking me out?
33:41When Ryuk looked at me,
33:43his eyes were absolute ice.
33:45But beneath that frozen surface,
33:46I saw something else.
33:48Pure agony.
33:50His voice was like
33:51a frozen lake.
33:53I know you've been waiting
33:54for this.
33:56You've been dodging me,
33:58hiding from me.
33:59You wanted nothing
34:00to do with this pack.
34:02You hoarded
34:03every piece of jewelry
34:04my mother gave you,
34:05just waiting for the day
34:06you could pawn them
34:07to escape.
34:09Isn't this exactly
34:10what you wanted?
34:13My lips parted,
34:14but no sound came out.
34:16He turned around,
34:18showing me his back.
34:19Leave, Amelia.
34:20From this moment on,
34:21you have zero ties
34:23to the Ironhound pack.
34:25My voice was so light,
34:27a single breeze
34:27could scatter it.
34:28So that's what
34:29the great alpha
34:30thinks of me.
34:31He didn't turn back around.
34:33Leave now.
34:34I never want to see
34:35your face again.
34:37The estate guards
34:38marched me
34:39straight out the gate.
34:41My maid trailed behind me,
34:43clutching a small bag.
34:45Her eyes were red
34:46and swollen.
34:48She sniffed.
34:49The alpha ordered me
34:50to go with you.
34:54He said you were used to me.
34:56I didn't say
34:57a single word.
34:58We boarded the carriage
34:59and drove straight out
35:00of Ironhowl territory.
35:02We stopped
35:03at a small border town.
35:05I pawned one of the silver
35:06bracelets from the lockbox,
35:08rented a small cottage,
35:09and settled in.
35:11The very next morning,
35:13a new official notice
35:14was nailed to the town square.
35:18I stood frozen
35:19in front of the wooden board,
35:21staring at the parchment
35:22bearing the seal
35:23of King Alpha.
35:24The notice read clearly,
35:26Alpha Riger Ironhowo
35:28is charged with treason.
35:29Accused of
35:30Kalunning with the southern packs,
35:32leaking northern defense maps,
35:33and causing the entire
35:35northern border
35:36to collapse.
35:37The alpha king
35:37had officially ordered
35:38his arrest.
35:40Riker was already locked
35:41in the royal dungeons,
35:42awaiting judgment.
35:43The entire Ironhowl estate
35:45was placed on full lockdown,
35:47no one in,
35:48no one out,
35:49pending a royal investigation.
35:50I stood in front of that board
35:52as my blood turned
35:53to absolute kise.
35:55Collusion.
35:56Treason.
35:57The royal dungeons.
35:59I thought back
36:00to those burning golden eyes
36:01on the cliff.
36:02Those weren't the eyes
36:03of a traitor.
36:05Those were the eyes
36:06of a man who would die
36:07to protect his pack.
36:09He didn't kick me out
36:10because he hated me.
36:11He kicked me out
36:12because he knew
36:13this was coming.
36:14My hands balled
36:15into tight fists.
36:16My nails dug violently
36:18into my palms.
36:20My maid timidly
36:21asked behind me,
36:23My lady,
36:23is there anything
36:24we can do?
36:26I closed my eyes
36:27and took a deep,
36:28shaky breath.
36:29My mind drifted
36:31back to my father,
36:32Lucian,
36:33the Shadow Packs healer.
36:34He was an ordinary wolf
36:36with absolutely
36:37zero combat skills,
36:38but the entire pack
36:39deeply respected him
36:41because he pulled
36:42countless warriors
36:43back from the brink
36:43of death.
36:44He used to tell me
36:45the exact same thing,
36:47over and over.
36:48Power isn't just
36:49fangs and claws,
36:50Amelia.
36:51Knowledge,
36:52strategy,
36:53connections.
36:54That is true power.
36:55A smart Omega
36:56can use those
36:57to move the entire world.
36:59I snapped my eyes open.
37:02I know exactly
37:03what to do.
37:04It took me
37:05three brutal days
37:06to track
37:07that person down.
37:08Lord Clement Greystone,
37:10the Royal Beta
37:11of the King's Pack.
37:12Twenty years ago,
37:13he was gutted
37:14in a war
37:15against the Shadow Flick Pack.
37:16He contracted
37:17a lethal blood infection.
37:19My father saved his life
37:20with a rare herbal remedy.
37:23Lord Greystone
37:24met me
37:24in his private study.
37:26His voice
37:26was a deep,
37:27gravelly baron tone.
37:29You say you're
37:29Lucian's daughter?
37:31Yes, my lord.
37:32I lowered my head,
37:34the instinctive sign
37:35of respect
37:36from an Omega
37:37to a high-ranking wolf.
37:38He studied my face.
37:40You look exactly
37:41like him.
37:42Especially
37:43the eyes.
37:45My lord,
37:45I know this is
37:46an incredibly bold request,
37:47but I need your help.
37:49Speak.
37:50I need to see
37:51Riker Ironhouth.
37:53His thick eyebrows
37:54immediately drew together.
37:56I took a deep breath
37:58and briefly explained
37:59the situation.
38:00From the contract marriage
38:02to the cliffside ambush.
38:04From Riker
38:05violently kicking me out
38:06to the sudden
38:07treason decree.
38:08He is not
38:09a traitor.
38:11If he was leaking
38:12defense maps,
38:12why would he jump
38:13off a cliff
38:13to save me?
38:14If he was colluding
38:15with the Shadowfleck pack,
38:17why the hell did they
38:17try to assassinate
38:18his carriage?
38:21If he is found
38:22guilty of treason,
38:23anyone who helps him
38:24swings from the same rope.
38:29I know.
38:30He looked at me,
38:31his expression unreadable.
38:32He finally said,
38:34Your father pulled me
38:35from the grave.
38:36I owe him my life.
38:38And I am paying
38:39that deck to you.
38:41He grabbed an ink quill
38:42from his desk,
38:43wrote a few lines
38:44on a heavy parchment,
38:46stamped his wax seal
38:47on it.
38:48This is a visitation pass,
38:50but you only have
38:52thirty minutes.
38:54The royal dungeons
38:56were buried deep
38:57beneath the king's castle,
38:59freezing, damp,
39:00where the air
39:01reeked of rotting
39:02iron and mold.
39:03A royal guard stopped
39:05in front of the very
39:06last iron door.
39:08He jammed a key
39:09into the lock.
39:11Alpha Iron Howell
39:13is a high-risk trader.
39:14Remember,
39:14you only have thirty minutes.
39:16The iron door opened.
39:18I stepped inside.
39:21Ryder looked up.
39:22His hair was a tangled mess.
39:23Heavy stubble
39:24shadowed his jaw.
39:25His skin was deathly pale,
39:27his cheekbones
39:28jutting out sharply.
39:29He had lost so much weight,
39:31but his eyes
39:32hadn't changed.
39:33The second those
39:34deep amber eyes
39:35saw me,
39:36his pupils
39:37narrowed sharply.
39:38What are you doing here?
39:40I stood at the door,
39:41just staring at him.
39:43The dungeon air
39:44was freezing
39:44and damp,
39:45but my eyes
39:47burned hot with tears.
39:48Is this why
39:49you kicked me out?
39:52You knew they were
39:53coming for you,
39:54didn't you?
39:54Riker didn't say a word.
39:56I walked right up to him.
39:58I crouched down,
40:00bringing my face level
40:01with his.
40:02You were framed,
40:03weren't you?
40:04Riker just looked at me.
40:06He sat in complete silence
40:08for a long time.
40:09Then,
40:10he slowly reached out,
40:12his thumb gently wiping
40:14a tear from my cheek.
40:16Amelia,
40:16you shouldn't be here.
40:19Tell me the truth.
40:21Who framed you?
40:23What can I do to help?
40:25Ryder's long fingers
40:26tightened slightly
40:27against my palms.
40:28Amelia,
40:29you can't.
40:30The Shadowfleck Pack.
40:31They colluded with a traitor
40:33inside Ironhowl,
40:34doctoring the border defense maps.
40:36But I have zero proof.
40:37All the evidence was scrubbed.
40:39My only witness died
40:40in a sudden accident
40:41three days ago.
40:42A heavy,
40:43sickening dread
40:44settled in my chest.
40:45Riker's voice
40:46suddenly turned to steel.
40:48But I didn't just
40:49sit and wait.
40:50Before they arrested me,
40:51I smuggled a letter
40:52to the Alpha King,
40:53detailing the entire
40:55Shadowflag plot
40:56and naming the traitor.
40:57Did the King get it?
40:58Riker closed his eyes.
41:00I don't know.
41:01If it was intercepted...
41:03I squeezed his hand
41:04even tighter
41:05and pleaded,
41:05There has to be a way.
41:07I'll go back
41:08to Lord Grestone.
41:09Amelia,
41:10when you leave this cell,
41:12do absolutely nothing.
41:14The walls have ears.
41:15How can you be so sure?
41:18I can't say much,
41:20but I promise you
41:21within seven days
41:22I will walk out of here
41:23because I never make a promise
41:25I cannot keep.
41:27He stared at me,
41:29his gaze fierce,
41:30yet devastatingly gentle.
41:33Seven days from now,
41:34we will watch the sun rise together.
41:36Okay?
41:37I nodded.
41:38I looked up,
41:39straight into those
41:40burning golden eyes.
41:41He whispered,
41:42his rough thumb
41:43tracing my jawline.
41:45Amelia,
41:46I absolutely love
41:46everything about you.
41:47Ryder bent down
41:48and picked me up horizontally.
41:50I lightly pounded
41:51on his solid chest.
41:52You promised me
41:53we were going to
41:53watch the sun rise.
41:54He carried me inside
41:55and kicked the front door shut.
41:57I'm watching you first.
41:59He laid me down on the bed
42:00and stood by the edge,
42:02staring down.
42:03I lay there,
42:04my heart hammering
42:05so hard it hurt.
42:07He leaned down,
42:08one massive hand
42:09braced next to my head.
42:10His other hand
42:11slowly reached
42:12for the thin ribbon
42:13tying my collar together.
42:14He pulled it loose.
42:15I panicked,
42:16instinctively throwing
42:17my hands over my chest.
42:19Don't look.
42:19It's ruined.
42:20Ryker gently pulled
42:21my hands away.
42:22His long fingers
42:24traced the deep,
42:25ugly bruising
42:26right under my collarbones.
42:27His skin was
42:28scorching hot,
42:30but his touch
42:31was impossibly light,
42:33like he was
42:34handling shattered glass.
42:35It's not ruined.
42:37They are beautiful.
42:41He pressed his lips
42:42to my collarbone,
42:44trailing soft,
42:45burning kisses
42:46over every single
42:47purple mark.
42:48My entire body
42:49shivered,
42:50not from the cold.
42:52My body grew
42:53uncontrollably hot.
42:55Ryker.
42:56He lifted his head.
42:57The rumors.
43:00Everyone said you were
43:01ruined down there.
43:03At dust on the sixth day,
43:05a new notice
43:06was nailed to the town square.
43:07I pushed my way
43:08through the massive crowd.
43:10I got up on my tiptoes
43:11to read it.
43:12The Alpha King
43:13had officially investigated
43:14the claims,
43:15finding that the charges
43:16against Alpha Ryder Ironhawk
43:17were completely false.
43:19The true mastermind
43:20was the Alpha
43:21of the Shadowfing pack,
43:22working with traitors
43:23planted inside Ironhawk.
43:24Every conspirator
43:25had been arrested.
43:26Ryder Ironhawk
43:27was fully acquitted
43:28and released.
43:29A massive roar of relief
43:30erupted from the crowd.
43:31He did it.
43:32He promised me seven days,
43:33and he did it in six.
43:35That night,
43:35I didn't sleep
43:36a single second.
43:37I sat right by the small window
43:38in my cottage,
43:39staring out
43:39into the eastern horizon.
43:41The wind howled
43:41across the dark wastelands.
43:43I didn't know
43:43if I was waiting
43:44for the sunrise,
43:45or if I was waiting
43:46for him.
43:47Maybe both.
43:48Just as the very first
43:49sliver of gray
43:49hit the sky,
43:50I heard it.
43:51A knock.
43:52Quiet.
43:53Restrained.
43:54But heavy.
43:55Knock, knock, knock.
43:56A pause.
43:57Knock, knock, knock.
43:58I practically launched myself
43:59out of my chair.
44:00I threw myself at the door.
44:01My shaking hands
44:02grabbed the lash.
44:03I took one massive breath
44:05and pulled it open.
44:06Ryder was standing
44:07right there on the porch.
44:08He was wearing fresh clothes,
44:10a heavy dark coat,
44:11and black slacks.
44:12His messy hair
44:13had been slicked back.
44:14He was still pale as a ghost,
44:16but his eyes were ablaze.
44:17The exact second
44:18those dark amber eyes
44:19locked on mine,
44:20they flared like a torch
44:22lighting up a pitch black cave.
44:23I threw myself
44:24right into his arms.
44:25My arms locked
44:26around his neck.
44:27I buried my face
44:27deep into his shoulder.
44:29I breathed him in.
44:30The rotting stench
44:30of the dungeon
44:31was completely gone.
44:32It was just clean,
44:33pure Ryker.
44:34Ryker crushed me
44:35against his chest.
44:36Amelia,
44:37I'm back.
44:38I couldn't even speak.
44:39I just nodded
44:40furiously into his coat.
44:41Then I felt a hot,
44:42wet drop hit my hair.
44:43I slowly tilted my head up.
44:45Ryker's eyes
44:46were rimmed bright red.
44:47The morning sun
44:48hit his face,
44:49casting him in a warm,
44:50golden glow.
44:51My gaze drifted
44:52from his eyes
44:52down to his collar.
44:53And then,
44:54further down,
44:55I instantly froze.
44:57I had jumped out of bed
44:58so fast.
44:58I hadn't put on
44:59my chest painting.
45:00My loose cotton nightgown
45:01hid nothing.
45:02My curves were unmistakable
45:03under the thin fabric.
45:04I instinctively tried
45:05to twist away and run,
45:07but Rygen's arms
45:08locked like steel bands,
45:10pinning me flush
45:11against him.
45:12He murmured,
45:13a low,
45:13raspy chuckle
45:14rumbling in his chest.
45:16Where do you think
45:16you're going?
45:17I ducked my head
45:18to hide my burning cheeks,
45:20my voice dropping
45:21to a barely audible whisper.
45:23I...
45:24you hate it.
45:26Ryder slowly lowered
45:27his head,
45:27his lips brushing
45:28against my ear.
45:29Who told you that?
45:32My lady,
45:34why don't you
45:34find out for yourself?
45:36My brain
45:37completely short-kited.
45:38His mouth trailed
45:39from my jawline
45:40down my neck,
45:41down to my collar cones,
45:43and then,
45:44dangerously lower.
45:45Every single kiss
45:47drove me
45:48absolutely insane.
45:49His thick fingers
45:51tangled deep
45:51into my hair,
45:53massaging my scalp.
45:54I completely melted
45:55against the sheets,
45:57giving myself over
45:58entirely to his touch.
45:59I had a dream
46:00about this once.
46:01What dream?
46:03He murmured
46:03every single detail
46:04into my ear.
46:05It was the exact
46:06same dream.
46:08My dream.
46:09You.
46:10But his mouth
46:11crashed down on mine,
46:12swallowing my words.
46:14This kiss
46:14wasn't like the garden,
46:16just raw,
46:17unhinged hunger.
46:18He forced my lips open,
46:20claiming every inch
46:21of my mouth.
46:22His teeth grazed
46:23my lower lip.
46:24My hands
46:25instinctively reached up,
46:27tracing the hard ridges
46:28of his stomach.
46:32Amelia,
46:33do you know
46:34what you're doing?
46:35I nodded.
46:36Do you understand
46:37what this means?
46:38If I claim you tonight,
46:42there is no going back.
46:45You belong to me.
46:48Forever.
46:49I looked up at him.
46:51This wasn't the dying man
46:53rotting in a bed.
46:54This wasn't a broken prisoner.
46:56This was Ryer Ironhowl,
46:58the alpha of the Ironhowl pack,
47:01the most lethal apex predator
47:03in the north.
47:05And he was mine.
47:07I've been yours for a long time,
47:09since the exact second
47:11you caught me on that cliff.
47:12Golden fire erupted
47:14in his eyes.
47:15He dropped his head,
47:17pressing his forehead
47:18against mine.
47:19Our rag breaths
47:20tangled together.
47:21He swore.
47:23Then I am never
47:24letting you go.
47:26Never.
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