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00:01I was born with huge breasts, yet I was the Dark Knight pack's lowest-ranking Omega.
00:07When Angelina caught her fiancé staring at me, she sold me to the Iron Howl pack's Alpha,
00:15a man left half-dead by war.
00:18Riker is ruined down there, but maybe he's still useful in other ways.
00:26Months later, I was the one begging for mercy.
00:30Every. Single. Night.
00:37Ruin down there? Not even close.
00:43Alpha Riker Iron Howl was carried back from the Northern Front, drouched in blood, barely breathing.
00:50The pack's seer gave her one desperate option, a blood oath.
00:55Find an Omega, use her blood and a moonlight vow.
00:58Fused their fates together to keep his dying soul tethered to this world.
01:03When word reached the shadow pack, Angelina jumped at the chance.
01:08She couldn't wait to get rid of me.
01:10I was a ticking time bomb to her.
01:13Say no, and I'll sell you to that old Alpha up north.
01:19He loves breaking worthless Omegas like you.
01:21I knew exactly why she hated me.
01:24She had found out about my past, with Silas, her new fiancé.
01:28I opened my mouth to defend myself, to tell her I wrapped my chest so tight my ribs bruised,
01:34that I bound myself even in the blistering summer heat.
01:38But a guard burst through the heavy doors.
01:42Lady Angelana, riders from the Iron Howl pack are here.
01:46They say Alpha Riker is awake.
01:50Angelina hauled me straight into the Iron Howl estate, in the massive bedroom.
01:57He lay completely still.
01:59Muffled, agonizing coughs broke the silence.
02:03A faint metallic scent of blood lingered in the air.
02:07Lady Grace clutched Angelina's hands, tears streaming down her face.
02:12Thank you for everything, Angelina.
02:15But he's awake now.
02:18We don't need the blood oath anymore.
02:20Lady Grace, the contract must go on.
02:23Why?
02:24Amelia is blessed by the goddess.
02:27Think about it.
02:28The second she agreed, Ryan woke up.
02:31If we finish the bond, your Alpha might fully recover.
02:34Lady Grace cast a hesitant glance at me.
02:37Just then, the pack healer stepped out of the bedroom.
02:41He looked at her, struggling to speak.
02:44My lady, the Alpha.
02:47Spit it out.
02:48There are no outsiders here.
02:49He is awake, but his wolf is shattered.
02:52I fear he will never shift again.
02:53He might not even be able to claim a mate.
02:56Claim a mate.
02:58For an Alpha, being unable to mark meant one thing.
03:02The pack was cut off from the goddess's blessing.
03:05There would be no pure blood air.
03:08The words dropped like a bomb.
03:10Lady Grace's knees buckled.
03:12I quickly reached out and supported her.
03:15She looked at me, her eyes completely broken.
03:18Child, are you still willing to marry my son?
03:22I swear I will never mistreat you.
03:24You can just be a daughter to me.
03:26Angelina answered before I could even breathe.
03:29She will.
03:30She absolutely will!
03:32A wolf-less orphan Omega?
03:34Marrying into the Iron Hall pack is the luckiest day of her miserable life.
03:39I opened my mouth, but no words came out.
03:42I wasn't always a nobody.
03:44My father was Lucian, the Shadow Pack's healer.
03:47When he died, I was left with nothing.
03:50The man we'd funded for years.
03:53Silas threw silver over his door and never looked back.
03:57Debt collectors came for me.
03:58Grand Elder Damon bought my papers out of pity and made me a slave.
04:03And Silas?
04:04He became Angelina's fiancé.
04:07I pretended I didn't know him.
04:09I kept my head down and served Angelina.
04:13But eventually, she found out.
04:16I stopped fighting my fate.
04:18I stepped forward, lifted my skirt, and dropped to my knees before Lady Grace.
04:23My lady, I will do it.
04:26I will marry Alpha Ryer and bind myself to the blood oath.
04:30Lady Grace kept her word.
04:32She oversaw every detail of my wedding dress herself.
04:36Angelina specifically picked a day Silas was away to ship me off.
04:40She shoved my debt papers into my hand.
04:43A guilty smirk on her face.
04:44I know Ryer is ruin down there.
04:47But look on the bright side.
04:49You'll never have to suffer through childbirth.
04:52And who knows?
04:53A crippled Alpha might compensate in other ways.
04:57I blocked her out.
04:58To me, I was just swapping one master for another.
05:02The carriage stopped before the moon goddess statue in Ironhal territory.
05:06The entire pack was gathered.
05:08Alpha Ryer was too weak to stand.
05:10I swore my vows to his heavy broadsword.
05:13The pack oracle dragged a bone laid across my palm.
05:16Squeezed my blood onto an ancient parchment.
05:20Sealed the blood oath.
05:21When I pushed open the heavy oak doors to his bedroom,
05:24Ryok was propped up against the headboard.
05:26He wore a dark robe.
05:28His face ghost pale.
05:30Alpha.
05:31He turned his head.
05:33I froze.
05:34He was devastatingly handsome.
05:37A sharp jawline.
05:38Deep set features.
05:40But his eyes.
05:42Deep, amber eyes that stared right through me.
05:45His voice was a low, gravelly rasp.
05:48Amelia.
05:49I have no intention of getting a wife.
05:52If you don't mind, we will live as brother and sister.
05:55Tonight's ceremony was my mother's idea.
05:58She's terrified rival packs will sense my...
06:01condition.
06:02And attack.
06:03You can take the lounge for tonight.
06:05I'll have a guest room prepared for you tomorrow.
06:08I didn't know what to say.
06:10I finally nodded.
06:13Okay.
06:14Ryker looked relieved.
06:16He pulled the heavy blankets up and turned away.
06:19Get some rest.
06:20Soon, his breathing steadished.
06:22I walked to the vanity, pulled off the crown, and loosened my hair.
06:26I unbuttoned my wedding dress.
06:28Silk piled at my feet.
06:29I looked at my reflection in the bronze mirror.
06:32Heavy curves.
06:33A waist so tiny it looked like it could snap.
06:36But there were also ugly, bruised welds from years of tight chest binding.
06:40I turned around, reaching for my nightgown, and I met Ryker's eyes.
06:46He wasn't asleep.
06:48Those dark amber eyes were open, locked dead onto me.
06:52The fireplace cast flickering shadows over his face.
06:55He was completely flushed, his Adam's jankle bobbing hard.
07:00I snatched my dress off the floor, clutching it tightly against my chest.
07:04My voice trembled.
07:06You were supposed to be asleep!
07:09Silence.
07:11A long, heavy silence.
07:13When he finally spoke, his voice was an entire octave deeper.
07:17Rougher.
07:19Like he was suppressing a dark growl.
07:24I can sleep later.
07:26The heavy blanket slipped off his chest.
07:29He planted his feet firmly on the floor, and stood up without a single stumble.
07:34He was bare-chested.
07:36I stopped breathing.
07:37His torso was a road map of pure violence.
07:41A massive, jagged claw mark ripped diagonally across his chest.
07:45Round, dark arrow scar littered his abdomen.
07:49Every mark was a brutal testament to his legendary past.
07:53He took a step toward me.
07:56His massive shadow swallowed me whole.
07:59My legs trembled.
08:01Every instinct in my body screamed at me to run.
08:04I remembered the older omegas whispering about alphas.
08:07Right now, all those dirty whispers flooded my mind.
08:11Riker stood right in front of me, looking down.
08:14His gaze dragged from my face, down my neck, to the dress clutched against my chest, then
08:19slowly back up to my eyes.
08:21There was no disgust, no pity.
08:23Only a dark, burning emotion I couldn't understand.
08:27Then, he turned on his heel, walked straight out the door.
08:33I stood there, my heart pounding out of my chest.
08:37I looked down at my bruised, bound ribs.
08:41I wanted to disappear.
08:43I walked back to the mirror, tracing the ugly purple indepts with my trembling fingers.
08:49I thought, tomorrow, I'll pull the bindings even tighter.
08:55I lay down on the Shea Lounge, pulling a thin blanket over myself and closed my eyes.
08:59As I was half asleep, the door creaked open.
09:03Ryder was back.
09:05His hair was dripping wet.
09:07I felt him stand over the lounge.
09:09Watching me for a long time.
09:12Then, a soft, ragged sigh, like wind rustling dead leaves.
09:17He got back into bed and didn't make another sound.
09:20The next morning, I woke up early.
09:23Riker was already gone.
09:24I sat at the vanity, brushing my hair.
09:27Outside in the hallway, I heard an older servant's whispering.
09:31Alpha, if you needed to bathe, why didn't you ask for hot water?
09:36An ice-cold shower in your condition?
09:39Please, Alpha, you must take care of your body.
09:43My brush stopped mid-air.
09:46A cold shower?
09:48On his wedding night?
09:50I shook my head.
09:52Impossible.
09:54He was practically a corpse.
09:56I picked up the long strip of binding cloth, wrapped it around my chest, pulling it much tighter than yesterday.
10:05For my first month at the Iron Howell estate, Ryder completely avoided me.
10:10Every morning, I checked in with Lady Grace.
10:13Then, I headed straight to the kitchens to brew his healing medicine.
10:17It was one of the few ways I could make myself useful.
10:22My late father was the Shadow Packs healer.
10:25She had asked on my third day, her eyes holding desperate hope.
10:30I hear you know your way around herbal remedies.
10:34Ryder isn't healing.
10:35We've cycled through three pack keepers with zero results.
10:39If you are willing.
10:42I am.
10:45I brewed his remedies every day, using herbs I'd learned from my father.
10:51I delivered the very first bowl myself.
10:54I carried the wooden tray into his bedroom.
10:58He was leaning against the window, reading.
11:01The afternoon sun caught the edges of his brown hair, turning it to spun gold.
11:08The heavy door clicked.
11:10He looked up.
11:11The second our eyes locked, his pupils constricted, I whispered, using his formal title.
11:17Alpha.
11:18I brought your medicine.
11:20Ryden's gaze lingered on my face for a fraction of a second.
11:24Then it dropped to the steaming bowl.
11:26He said flatly.
11:27His voice completely attached, pure ice.
11:31Leave this to the servants from now on.
11:34I don't mind doing it.
11:37It's not the same.
11:38Have a maid bring it.
11:39He took the tray from my hands, downing the scalding brew in three massive gulps.
11:44Then he turned his back to me and went straight back to his book.
11:48I stood frozen by the door.
11:50The message was clear.
11:52He couldn't stand the sight of me.
11:54After that day, I handed the bowl to a maid.
11:58I never stepped foot in his bedroom again.
12:01A month passed.
12:02One morning, she grabbed my hands.
12:05Amelia, guess what?
12:07The pack healer just checked Ryger's vitals.
12:10He said his body is actually repairing itself.
12:13He even asked if I hired a new physician.
12:17Child, this is all you're doing.
12:20I'm just doing my job, my lady.
12:22No.
12:23You did the impossible.
12:25Three pack healers and gallons of expensive tonnets did absolutely nothing.
12:30Your medicine saved him.
12:32She slipped an ancient, heavy silver bracelet off her wrist.
12:36It bore the iron howl crown.
12:38She pressed it into my palm.
12:41Ryger's grandmother gave this to me.
12:44Now, it belongs to you.
12:46I couldn't refuse her.
12:49Back in my room, I locked the bracelet in a small wooden chest.
12:53It sat next to several other pieces Lady Grace had given me.
12:57Several pieces of jewelry.
12:59Every single piece was worth a fortune.
13:01My maid watched me.
13:03Stashed them away, totally confused.
13:07My lady, why don't you ever wear them?
13:09Lady Grace picked them out just for you.
13:12Because one day, I can pawn these for silver.
13:16You want to sell them?
13:18Not today.
13:20But if the day comes, when I finally have to leave this place,
13:24this is my escape fund.
13:26A deep voice echoed.
13:28Leave?
13:29I whipped around.
13:30Ryder was standing dead center in the doorway,
13:33looking even paler than usual.
13:35His amber eyes, absolute ice.
13:37Alpha, do you need something?
13:39His gaze dropped from my face to the treasure box in my hands.
13:43Then he looked away.
13:45His voice was dangerously calm.
13:47I left some old belongings in this room.
13:49I came to get them.
13:51I can help you look, Alpha.
13:53What is it?
13:55A journal.
13:57Okay.
13:58Do you remember where you left it?
14:00No.
14:01I immediately started searching the cabinets.
14:04I spotted a worn leather journal pushed to the very back of the top shelf.
14:08I got up on my tiptoes to reach it.
14:12Just as my fingers brushed brushed the spine.
14:15A massive hand covered mine.
14:18Ryard's bare skin scraped my knuckles.
14:20A violent jolt of electricity shot straight up my arm.
14:25I looked up.
14:27I looked up.
14:27It was the closest I had ever been to his face.
14:31Up close, his dark eyes were mesmerizing.
14:36A razor-thin ring of gold circled his pupils.
14:40It was the deniable mark of Alpha blood.
14:43Even broken.
14:44Even allegedly wolf-less.
14:46That gold ring still burned fiercely.
14:48Like a glowing ember refusing to die.
14:52My heart slammed against my ribs.
14:55Your journal, Alpha.
14:57I yanked my hand back, spinning around to step away.
15:01But the edge of the thick rug caught my heel.
15:04I pitched backward into empty space.
15:08Ryder caught me instantly.
15:11My back slammed flush against his hard chest.
15:15Even through my suffocating chest binding,
15:18I felt the raw heat radiating off his body.
15:21His heartbeat mammored against my spine.
15:23Fast.
15:25Wild.
15:25I pulled away.
15:27I...
15:28I need to go.
15:29I fled.
15:30I'm an idiot.
15:31He couldn't even stand the sight of me.
15:34And I just threw myself right into his arms.
15:37Now he was going to absolutely loathe me.
15:40Half a month went by.
15:41And a new nightmare started.
15:44Someone was leaving me notes.
15:46The first one was slipped under my fate chopping knife in the kitchen.
15:49A neatly folded piece of parchment.
15:52Just one line.
15:53Meet me at the west gate.
15:55No signature.
15:56But I knew that handwriting.
15:58Simus.
15:59I crumpled it into a ball.
16:01And tossed it straight into the roaring fireplace.
16:04The second note was slid under my bedroom door.
16:07This one was a lot bolder.
16:08I know you're suffering.
16:10A wolfless Omega is nothing in the iron howl pack.
16:14Riker won't even look at you, would he?
16:16I can give you a real life.
16:19I ripped the parchment to shreds and threw it in the trash.
16:23The third time, my maid shoved a note into my hand.
16:27She looked absolutely terrified.
16:30My lady, it's not just a note this time.
16:33There's a man at the west gate.
16:36He says he's not leaving until you show up.
16:38My knuckles turned bone white as I crushed the paper.
16:42I stormed out of my room, strode down the heavy stone corridor, and yanked open the west gate.
16:48A man was standing just outside.
16:51He murmured, pulling back his dark hood.
16:53His face was handsome but completely soulless.
16:57Amelia, you finally came.
16:58My voice was absolute zero.
17:01Silas, you will address me as Lady Ironhow.
17:04He froze.
17:06Lady Ironhow.
17:08Do you have any idea what happens if Alpha's mate is caught sneaking out to meet another man?
17:13I'm getting promoted.
17:14Eastern territory.
17:16Come with me.
17:17It's better than rotting here with a crippled Alpha.
17:20I took a sharp step back, staring at him with pure disgust.
17:24You want me to be your mistress?
17:26Simus nodded.
17:27Totally serious.
17:29Why the hell would I throw away my title as the Alpha's wife just to be your dirty little secret?
17:36Everyone in the north knows Riker Ironhowl, has one foot in the grave.
17:41He's dying.
17:42He can't even claim a mate.
17:44And he can never give you what you actually need.
17:48His eyes dropped to my chest.
17:50Even buried under layers of thick cobblik and suffocating binding,
17:54his gaze felt like a violation I could feel through every layer of cloth.
17:57A beautiful thing like you, it's a tragic waste.
18:01I know exactly what game you're playing, Simus.
18:03You owe me your life.
18:05Did you forget?
18:06My father kept you from starving for three years.
18:09When they shattered your leg in the fighting pits, I was the one banding your bones.
18:13But the one time I actually needed you, what did you do?
18:16You stood behind a locked door.
18:19You told me you were engaged to the Grand Elder's spoiled brat.
18:23And you threw a bag of silver over the wall.
18:26I never spent a single comper of that silver.
18:29It's buried under the old oak tree outside the shadow-packed borders.
18:34If you want it back, go dig it up yourself.
18:38Just give me some time.
18:40I'll talk to Angelina.
18:41I'll convince her to let you...
18:43Let me what?
18:45Be your pathetic little side piece?
18:47Listen to me very carefully, Silas.
18:50I will never be any man's whore.
18:52Never set foot near this gate again.
18:55My husband is the Alpha of the Iron Howl Pack.
18:59The most dangerous territory in the North.
19:03If he finds out you've been stalking his wife...
19:07Do you honestly think you'll live to see that promotion?
19:10You'd really choose a crippled freak over me?
19:13I glared at him.
19:14Years of suppressed rage finally boiling over.
19:17My husband bled to protect this pack.
19:20His scars are his honor.
19:22As a wolf, you call yourself a warrior?
19:24A man sworn to defend?
19:26You have zero right to talk behind his back.
19:29In my eyes, he is a true Alpha.
19:31Unlike you.
19:33You might have a working body, Silas.
19:35But your soul is rottened.
19:37I slammed the heavy door right in his face.
19:40I spun around to walk away.
19:41Except it wasn't a wall.
19:43It was a man.
19:45Ryder was standing barely half a step behind me.
19:48I had no idea how long he had been standing there.
19:51Alpha.
19:52He looked down at me.
19:55You were just calling me your husband out there.
19:58Why so formal now?
20:03My heart skipped a violent beat.
20:07Alpha, please don't misunderstand.
20:09As long as I am in the Iron Howl Pack, I know my place.
20:13I will never betray you.
20:18It's getting late.
20:20I need to brew your evening remedy.
20:21I tried to slip past him.
20:23As I brushed by, Ryken's hand shat out.
20:25His long fingers wrapping around my arm.
20:28I lost my balance and tumbled straight into his chest.
20:31I threw my head back, crashing right into Ryard's deep, smoldering gaze.
20:35We were inches apart.
20:37If either of us leaned in, our lips would touch.
20:40My cheeks burned like fire.
20:42I could feel his chest rising and falling.
20:45Hard, irregular.
20:47What do you mean, as long as I am in the Iron Howl Pack?
20:52Are you counting down the days until you can leave?
20:55I couldn't exactly say, I'm leaving the second you die.
20:59No.
21:00I didn't mean that.
21:02Alpha, you're hurting my arm.
21:06Everything you said to him out there, did you mean it?
21:10Which part?
21:11He released my arm and took half a step back.
21:14Like a terrified rabbit, I bolted.
21:17I saw his face.
21:19Completely flushed.
21:23That night, I had a wildly inappropriate dream.
21:27In it, Ryard's lips brushed against my cheek.
21:29His finger hooked onto the delicate lace of my nightgown.
21:32He whispered a dark, seductive purr.
21:36My lady, do you want this?
21:39In the dream, I nodded.
21:41Then his mouth crashed down on mine.
21:44It was fierce, intoxicating, driven by a deep, feral hunger.
21:48His tongue forced my mouth open,
21:51claiming every inch of me like a conquered territory.
21:57I jolted awake, my pulse racing.
21:59My heart was threatening to rip through my chest.
22:02My clothes were soaked in sweat, clinging to my skin.
22:05Deep in my core, a strange, humiliating heat throbbed relentlessly.
22:09My maid heard the rustling and pushed the door open.
22:13My lady, are you all right?
22:17Bring me a sounded terrifying of cold, Ruski.
22:20She brought the water, staring at my damp hair and flushed cheeks.
22:24It really is getting too hot for this time of year.
22:27I splashed the freezing water onto my face.
22:31The brutal cold shocked me back to reality.
22:35On our wedding night, Ryder took a cold shower.
22:38Was he also?
22:41I shook my head violently.
22:43No.
22:44It was impossible.
22:46He was practically broken in half.
22:49Right around noon, Lady Grace's maid delivered a message.
22:53My lady, the matriarch is hosting dinner in the gardens tonight.
22:57She insists you attend.
23:00I had been claiming I was ill to avoid the main dining hall for days.
23:04I was terrified of running into Ryder again.
23:08Terrified of staring into those amber eyes that made my pulse race.
23:13But when Lady Grace personally asked, I couldn't say no.
23:17At twilight, I walked down into the estate gardens.
23:20The garden was small but elegant, dominated by a towering pomegranate tree in full bloom.
23:27Crimson petals drifted onto the stone table.
23:30The table was laden with all my favorite dishes.
23:34All my favorite.
23:36Lady Grace sat at the head of the table, beaming at me.
23:40She smiled warmly.
23:42Come, sit.
23:44Ryder had the kitchens prepare this just for you.
23:47I froze.
23:48My eyes darted across the table.
23:51Ryder was sitting right across from me.
23:54He wore a heavy, dark brown coat that made his sharp features look even more lethal in the twilight.
24:00He was staring down, quietly adjusting his silverware.
24:04He must have felt my gaze.
24:07He slowly lifted his eyes.
24:09The exact second our eyes locked, my face caught fire all over again.
24:15I quickly snapped my gaze down to my plate.
24:18Subtly, Lady Grace lit a small platter of chestnut cakes toward me.
24:23Ryder specifically sent a Ryder down to the southern markets for these.
24:27He told me they were your favorite.
24:30I slowly raised my eyes to look at him.
24:33He didn't meet my gaze.
24:35I saw your birth date on our marriage contract.
24:40My heart gave a sudden, soft flutter.
24:43Nobody had ever remembered my birthday.
24:46Back in the shadow, pal, birthdays were only celebrated for wolves with actual power.
24:52A wolf-less, defect omega wasn't worth the memory.
24:56Lady Grace picked up a heavy clay jug and poured me a glass of rich, amber liquid.
25:02I've been saving this wine for years.
25:05I opened it tonight just for the two of you.
25:09But don't drink too much now.
25:12She stood up, claiming the night air was getting too chilly for her old bones,
25:16and left us completely alone.
25:18The second Lady Grace vanished.
25:20A heavy silence fell over the garden.
25:23It was so quiet, I could hear my own heartbeat pounding.
25:27To break the tension, I grabbed my cup.
25:30I chugged down the amber wine.
25:33It tasted dangerally sweet.
25:35Smooth on the way down.
25:37But it kicked like a mule.
25:39By my fourth glass, the world was starting to spin.
25:43I reached blindly for the empty platter in front of me.
25:46I tilted my head, peering at Rired through a blurry haze.
25:52Where is the last chestnut cake?
25:55Riker's lips trickled slightly.
25:57He said softly,
25:59I ate it.
26:01I don't know where I found the nerve.
26:03I planted my hands on the stone table and pushed myself up.
26:07I stumbled around the edge, leaning right into his face.
26:11I mumbled.
26:12Who said you could eat it?
26:14Spit it out right now.
26:17Riker just stared up at me.
26:19A dark fire flared in his amber eyes.
26:22He parted his lips slightly.
26:25Come find it yourself.
26:27I squinted at his mouth.
26:30You're never going to find it looking like that.
26:33Then how?
26:34Try using your mouth.
26:36My eyes slowly drifted down to his lips.
26:39They were sharp, lethal.
26:41But right now, slicked with sweet wine,
26:43they looked devastatingly soft and gleaming with moisture.
26:47I swallowed hard, and without thinking,
26:50I crashed my lips onto his.
26:52The absolute second we touched,
26:55Riker's entire body went steric as stone,
26:57but only for a split second.
26:59The next moment, his massive hand locked around the back of my head,
27:03my brain completely short-sucked.
27:06All I could feel was his mouth,
27:08his tongue,
27:09his ragged breathing,
27:11and the electric shock of his fingers threading deeply into my hair.
27:15We didn't rip apart until footsteps crunched on the gravel behind the flower beds.
27:20I jerked back.
27:21In the next instant, the world spun violently,
27:24and the sky flipped upside down.
27:26My vision went pitch black.
27:27I collapsed.
27:28The splitting headache woke me up.
27:32I forced my eyes open,
27:34squinting at an unfamiliar ceiling.
27:38This was the Alpha's bedroom.
27:41What the hell am I doing here?
27:46My lady,
27:48you got completely drunk last night.
27:50Alpha Rider carried you back.
27:54Did I say anything stupid?
27:57Oh, absolutely.
27:59He tried to lay you down,
28:01but you grabbed his sleeve and refused to let go.
28:03You kept calling him husband over and over a day.
28:07His entire face turned bright red.
28:13She giggled and bolted from the room.
28:16She giggled and bolted from the room.
28:17I lay there for a long time, totally paralyzed.
28:21Until someone knocked.
28:23My lady, the matriarch's waiting at the gates.
28:26We're heading to the sacred peak for the blessing.
28:28I scrambled out of bed,
28:29splashed some water on my face,
28:32and practically ran out of the castle.
28:35Lady Grace was already sitting in the carriage.
28:38No rush, dear.
28:40Take your time.
28:43The carriage rolled out of Ironhal territory,
28:46following a dirt road up toward the sacred peak.
28:48The mountain was holy ground for northern wolves.
28:51Legend said the wolf god himself left his mark there.
28:54The coronation ceremony for each generation of Alpha takes place there.
28:58Halfway up the trail,
29:00my mind was still consumed by what happened last night.
29:03I kissed Rigan,
29:04and then I completely passed out.
29:06I had absolutely no idea what happened next.
29:10Amelia.
29:11Is there someone else in your heart?
29:14You've been dodging Rigan for weeks.
29:17If you want out of this marriage,
29:19just say the word.
29:20You're young.
29:21You shouldn't waste your entire life tied to a-
29:24No, it's not that at all.
29:26Then what is it?
29:27Before I could answer,
29:29the entire carriage lopped violently.
29:32The wooden wheels suddenly spun out of control.
29:36The driver was gone.
29:38Amelia!
29:39I realized there was a cliff right ahead.
29:42Lady Grace!
29:42Hold on to me tight.
29:44We have to jump.
29:45Jump?
29:46We'll break our bones!
29:47There's a cliff right there!
29:49If we don't jump right now, we're dead!
29:53We tumbled violently over the jagged cliffside.
29:56My left arm was locked dead around Lady Grace.
29:59We were dangling in midair,
30:01with nothing but a massive, bottomless gorge beneath our feet.
30:05Hold on!
30:05The guards will find us!
30:08Let me go, Amelia.
30:10The branch can't hold both of us.
30:13I've lived a long life.
30:15Yours is just starting.
30:16I won't let go.
30:19You are the first person to actually treat me like a huge being in this hellhole.
30:24You are my family now,
30:25and I don't abandon my family.
30:27The branch gave way a few more inches.
30:30My fingers were slipping.
30:32Inch by excruciating inch,
30:34my nails drug into the rough bark,
30:37drawing blood.
30:38Pure despair washed over me.
30:40Then, a voice tore through the air.
30:43Amelia!
30:44Riker has found us.
30:46He didn't hesitate at all.
30:48Ryder!
30:49Midair, his body began to violently shift.
30:52Coarse, gray fur erupted.
30:55Fingers elongated into lethal claws.
30:58He was a monstrous, silver-gray beast.
31:01His massive claws gouged into the solid cliff face.
31:04Stone shattered.
31:05His powerful hind legs kicked off the wall.
31:08He lunged outward,
31:10wrapping one massive front arm around me and Lady Grace.
31:12I was pinned flush against his chest.
31:16I felt his heartbeat,
31:17up on the ridge.
31:19Iron Howell guards finally arrived.
31:21Thick ropes dropped down the cliffside.
31:24Riker caught the lines in his baths.
31:26He secured the loops around us.
31:28The guards started hauling us up.
31:32The second I cleared the ledge,
31:34I looked down.
31:36Raiden was still clinging to the sheer rock.
31:39Those burning golden eyes locked entirely on me.
31:42Then, they hauled him up too.
31:45The moment his paws hit the dirt,
31:47he shifted back.
31:50He was half naked,
31:52his torso covered in fresh wounds.
31:54But he seemed to feel absolutely nothing.
31:58You're bleeding.
32:02I'm fine,
32:04Lady Grace.
32:05She's alive.
32:06But you,
32:07you,
32:08you threw yourself out of a moving carriage.
32:11You hung onto that branch.
32:13He abruptly cut himself off.
32:16Something was glistering in those golden eyes.
32:19It wasn't alpha fire.
32:22It was tears.
32:24Riker.
32:26He didn't answer.
32:27He just lowered his head
32:29and rested his forehead
32:30against my uninjured shoulder.
32:32His massive arms wrapped around me,
32:35pulling me flush against his bare chest.
32:37I'm okay.
32:39You caught me.
32:40All around us,
32:41the Iron Howell guards
32:42silently turned their backs
32:43and looked out over the vast distance.
32:46Only Lady Grace stayed.
32:48She watched us from the dirt.
32:49A soft,
32:50tearful smile
32:51spreading across her face.
32:53I was bedridden for an entire month.
32:56My dislocated shoulder
32:58took a month to heal.
33:00Agonizingly slow
33:01for a wolfless Omega.
33:02For that entire month,
33:04I didn't see Riker once.
33:06Lady Grace had locked herself away.
33:08Still shaken by the fall,
33:10the entire estate
33:11felt suffocatingly tense.
33:13Every guard wore a grim,
33:15solemn expression.
33:16A heavy, suffocating pressure
33:18hung in the air,
33:19like the calm
33:21right before a brutal storm.
33:23Thirty days later,
33:24I could finally walk on my own.
33:27I pushed my door open.
33:29The stone corridor
33:31was completely empty.
33:32I walked towards the stairs.
33:34When I passed Riker's scudel,
33:37the door was shut tight.
33:39I hesitated for a second,
33:40but I didn't knock.
33:41I made it to the front entrance
33:43and pushed open
33:44the heavy oak doors.
33:46Ryder was standing
33:48at the bottom
33:48of the grand steps,
33:50standing completely,
33:52his face hidden
33:53in the shadows.
33:55He walked up
33:56and handed me
33:56a small wooden lockbox.
33:58I took it,
34:00popped the lash.
34:01Inside was a land deed,
34:03the ownership papers
34:05for a small estate,
34:06and a signed
34:07mate nullification contract.
34:09My entire body
34:10went ragged.
34:11You're kicking me out?
34:12When Ryuk looked at me,
34:14his eyes were absolute ice.
34:16But beneath that frozen surface,
34:18I saw something else.
34:20Pure agony.
34:21His voice was like
34:22a frozen lake.
34:25I know you've been
34:26waiting for this.
34:28You've been dodging me,
34:29hiding from me.
34:31You wanted nothing
34:32to do with this pack.
34:33You hoarded
34:34every piece of jewelry
34:36my mother gave you,
34:37just waiting for the day
34:38you could pawn them
34:39to escape.
34:40Isn't this exactly
34:41what you wanted?
34:44My lips parted,
34:46but no sound came out.
34:48He turned around,
34:50showing me his back.
34:51Leave, Amelia.
34:52From this moment on,
34:53you have zero ties
34:55to the Iron Howl pack.
34:57My voice was so light,
34:59a single breeze
35:00could scatter it.
35:01So that's what
35:02the great alpha
35:02thinks of me.
35:03He didn't turn back around.
35:05Leave now.
35:06I never want to see
35:08your face again.
35:10The estate guards
35:11marched me straight
35:12out the gates.
35:13My maid trailed
35:15behind me,
35:16clutching a small bag.
35:17Her eyes were red
35:18and swollen.
35:20She sniffed.
35:22The alpha ordered me
35:23to go with you.
35:26He said you were
35:28used to me.
35:28I didn't say
35:29a single word.
35:30We boarded the carriage
35:31and drove straight
35:33out of Iron Howl
35:34territory.
35:35We stopped
35:36at a small border town.
35:37I pawned one
35:38of the silver bracelets
35:39from the lockbox,
35:41rented a small cottage,
35:42and settled in.
35:44The very next morning,
35:46a new official notice
35:47was nailed
35:47to the town square.
35:51I stood frozen
35:52in front of the
35:53wooden board,
35:54staring at the
35:55parchment bearing
35:56the seal of
35:56King Alpha.
35:57The notice read
35:58clearly,
35:59Alpha Ryger
36:00Iron Howl
36:01is charged
36:01with treason.
36:03Accused of
36:03clunning with
36:04the southern packs,
36:05leaking northern
36:06defense maps,
36:07and causing
36:07the entire
36:08northern border
36:09to collapse.
36:10The alpha
36:10king had
36:11officially ordered
36:12his arrest.
36:13Ryger was
36:14already locked
36:14in the royal dungeons,
36:16awaiting judgment.
36:17The entire
36:17Iron Howl estate
36:18was placed on
36:19full lockdown,
36:20no one in,
36:21no one out,
36:22pending a royal
36:23investigation.
36:24I stood in
36:25front of that board
36:26as my blood
36:26turned to absolute
36:27kice.
36:28Collusion,
36:30treason,
36:30the royal dungeons.
36:32I thought back
36:33to those burning
36:34golden eyes
36:35on the cliff.
36:36Those weren't
36:37the eyes of a
36:37traitor.
36:38Those were the
36:39eyes of a man
36:40who would die
36:40to protect
36:41his pack.
36:42He didn't
36:43kick me out
36:44because he
36:44hated me.
36:45He kicked me
36:46out because he
36:46knew this was
36:47coming.
36:48My hands
36:49balled into
36:49tight fists.
36:50My nails
36:51dug violently
36:52into my palms.
36:53My maid
36:54timidly asked
36:55behind me,
36:56My lady,
36:57is there
36:58anything we
36:59can do?
37:00I closed
37:01my eyes
37:01and took
37:02a deep,
37:02shaky breath.
37:04My mind
37:04drifted back
37:05to my father,
37:06Lucian,
37:07the Shadow
37:07Pack's
37:08healer.
37:08He was an
37:09ordinary wolf
37:10with absolutely
37:11zero combat
37:11skills,
37:12but the entire
37:13pack deeply
37:14respected him
37:15because he
37:16pulled countless
37:16warriors back
37:17from the brink
37:18of death.
37:18He used to
37:19tell me the
37:19exact same
37:20thing,
37:21over and
37:21over.
37:22Power isn't
37:23just fangs
37:23and claws,
37:24Amelia.
37:25Knowledge,
37:26strategy,
37:27connections.
37:28That is true
37:29power.
37:30A smart
37:30omega can use
37:31those to move
37:32the entire
37:33world.
37:33I snapped
37:34my eyes
37:35open.
37:36I know
37:37exactly what
37:37to do.
37:38It took me
37:39three brutal
37:40days to track
37:42that person
37:42down.
37:43Lord Clement
37:44Greystone,
37:45the royal
37:45beta of
37:45the king's
37:46pack.
37:47Twenty years
37:47ago,
37:48he was
37:48gutted in
37:49a war
37:49against the
37:50Shadow Flick
37:51pack.
37:51He contracted
37:52a lethal
37:52blood infection.
37:54My father
37:54saved his
37:55life with
37:55a rare
37:56herbal remedy.
37:57Lord Greystone
37:58met me in
37:59his private
38:00study.
38:01His voice
38:01was a deep
38:02gravelly
38:03baron tone.
38:04You say
38:04you're Lucian's
38:05daughter?
38:06Yes,
38:07my lord.
38:08I lowered
38:08my head.
38:09The instinctive
38:10sign of respect
38:11from an omega
38:12to a high
38:12ranking
38:13wolf.
38:13He studied
38:14my face.
38:15You look
38:16exactly like
38:17him,
38:18especially
38:18the eyes.
38:20My lord,
38:21I know
38:21this is an
38:21incredibly
38:22bold request,
38:23but I need
38:23your help.
38:24Speak.
38:25I need
38:26to see
38:26Riker
38:27Ironhouth.
38:28His thick
38:29eyebrows
38:30immediately
38:30drew together.
38:32I took
38:32a deep
38:33breath
38:33and briefly
38:34explained
38:35the situation.
38:36From the
38:36contract
38:37marriage
38:37to the
38:38cliffside
38:38ambush,
38:39from Riker
38:40violently
38:41kicking me
38:41out to
38:42the sudden
38:42treason
38:43decree.
38:44He is
38:44not a
38:45traitor.
38:46If he
38:47was leaking
38:47defense maps,
38:48why would
38:48he jump
38:48off a
38:49cliff to
38:49save me?
38:50If he
38:51was colluding
38:51with the
38:51Shadowfleck
38:52pack,
38:52why the
38:53hell did
38:53they try
38:53to assassinate
38:54his carriage?
38:56If he
38:57is found
38:57guilty of
38:58treason,
38:59anyone who
39:00helps him
39:00swings from
39:01the same
39:02rope.
39:05I know.
39:06He looked
39:06at me,
39:07his expression
39:07unreadable.
39:08He finally
39:09said,
39:10Your father
39:10pulled me
39:11from the
39:11grave.
39:12I owe
39:13him my
39:13life,
39:14and I am
39:15paying that
39:15DAC to
39:16you.
39:16He grabbed
39:17an ink
39:18quill from
39:18his desk,
39:19wrote a few
39:20lines on a
39:21heavy parchment,
39:22stamped his
39:22wax seal on
39:23it.
39:24This is a
39:25visitation pass,
39:26but you only
39:28have 30 minutes.
39:31The royal
39:32dungeons were
39:32buried deep
39:33beneath the
39:34king's castle,
39:35freezing,
39:36damp, where
39:37the air
39:38reeked of
39:38rotting iron
39:39and mold.
39:40A royal
39:40guard stopped
39:41in front of
39:42the very last
39:43iron door.
39:44He jammed
39:45a key into
39:46the lock.
39:48Alpha Iron
39:49Howell is a
39:49high-risk
39:50trader.
39:50Remember,
39:51you only have
39:5130 minutes.
39:52The iron
39:53door opened.
39:55I stepped
39:56inside.
39:57Ryder
39:58looked up.
39:58His hair
39:59was a
39:59tangled mess.
40:00Heavy stubble
40:01shadowed his
40:01jaw.
40:02His skin
40:03was deathly
40:03pale,
40:04his cheekbones
40:05jutting out
40:05sharply.
40:06He had
40:07lost so much
40:07weight,
40:08but his eyes
40:09hadn't changed.
40:10The second
40:11those deep
40:11amber eyes
40:12saw me,
40:13his pupils
40:14narrowed sharply.
40:15What are you
40:16doing here?
40:17I stood at
40:17the door,
40:18just staring at
40:19him.
40:20The dungeon
40:20air was freezing
40:21and damp,
40:22but my eyes
40:24burned hot
40:24with tears.
40:25Is this why
40:26you kicked
40:27me out?
40:29You knew
40:30they were
40:30coming for
40:30you,
40:31didn't you?
40:31Riker
40:32didn't say
40:32a word.
40:34I walked
40:35right up to
40:35him.
40:36I crouched
40:36down,
40:37bringing my
40:37face level
40:38with his.
40:39You were
40:40framed,
40:40weren't you?
40:41Riker
40:42just looked
40:42at me.
40:43He sat
40:44in complete
40:44silence for
40:45a long time.
40:47Then,
40:48he slowly
40:48reached out.
40:50his thumb
40:51gently wiping
40:51a tear
40:52from my
40:52cheek.
40:54Amelia,
40:54you shouldn't
40:54be here.
40:56Tell me
40:57the truth.
40:58Who framed
40:59you?
41:00What can I
41:01do to help?
41:02Ryder's long
41:03fingers tightened
41:04slightly against
41:05my palms.
41:06Amelia,
41:07you can't.
41:07The Shadowfleck
41:08pack.
41:09They colluded
41:10with a traitor
41:10inside Ironhowl,
41:12doctoring the
41:12border defense
41:13maps.
41:14But I have
41:14zero proof.
41:15All the evidence
41:16was scrubbed.
41:17My only witness
41:17died in a sudden
41:18accident three
41:19days ago.
41:20A heavy,
41:20sickening dread
41:22settled in my
41:22chest.
41:23Ryker's voice
41:24suddenly turned
41:25to steel.
41:26But I didn't
41:27just sit and
41:27wait.
41:28Before they
41:29arrested me,
41:29I smuggled a
41:30letter to the
41:30Alpha King,
41:31detailing the
41:32entire Shadow
41:33Flag plot
41:34and naming
41:34the traitor.
41:35Did the
41:35King get it?
41:36Ryker closed
41:37his eyes.
41:38I don't know
41:39if it was
41:40intercepted.
41:41I squeezed
41:42his hand even
41:42tighter and pleaded,
41:44There has to be
41:45a way.
41:45I'll go back
41:46to Lord
41:46Grestone.
41:47Amelia,
41:49when you
41:49leave this
41:50cell,
41:51do absolutely
41:52nothing.
41:52The walls
41:53have ears.
41:54How can
41:55you be so
41:55sure?
41:56I can't
41:57say much,
41:58but I
41:59promise you
42:00within seven
42:00days I
42:01will walk
42:01out of here,
42:02because I
42:03never make
42:03a promise
42:04I cannot
42:04keep.
42:05He stared
42:06at me,
42:07his gaze
42:08fierce,
42:08yet devastatingly
42:10gentle.
42:11Seven days
42:12from now,
42:13we will watch
42:13the sun
42:14rise together.
42:15Okay?
42:15I nodded.
42:17I looked up,
42:18straight into
42:18those burning
42:19golden eyes.
42:20He whispered,
42:21his rough thumb
42:22tracing my jawline.
42:24Amelia,
42:24I absolutely
42:25love everything
42:25about you.
42:26Ryder bent
42:27down and
42:27picked me up
42:28horizontally.
42:29I lightly
42:29pounded on
42:30his solid chest.
42:31You promised me
42:32we were going
42:32to watch the
42:32sun rise.
42:33He carried
42:33me inside
42:34and kicked
42:35the front
42:35door shut.
42:36I'm watching
42:37you first.
42:38He laid
42:38me down
42:39on the bed
42:39and stood
42:40by the edge,
42:41staring down.
42:42I lay
42:43there,
42:44my heart
42:44hammering
42:44so hard
42:45it hurt.
42:46He leaned
42:46down.
42:47One massive
42:48hand braced
42:48next to my
42:49head.
42:49His other
42:50hand slowly
42:51reached for
42:51the thin
42:52ribbon tying
42:52my collar
42:53together.
42:53He pulled
42:54it loose.
42:54I panicked,
42:55instinctively
42:56throwing my
42:57hands over
42:57my chest.
42:58Don't look,
42:59it's ruined.
43:00Riker gently
43:00pulled my
43:01hands away.
43:02His long
43:03fingers traced
43:04the deep
43:04ugly bruising
43:05right under
43:05my collar
43:06bones.
43:07His skin
43:08was squirting
43:08hot,
43:09but his touch
43:10was impossibly
43:11light.
43:12like he
43:13was handling
43:14shattered
43:14glass.
43:15It's not
43:15ruined.
43:16They are
43:17beautiful.
43:20He pressed
43:21his lips
43:22to my
43:22collarbone,
43:24trailing
43:24soft,
43:25burning
43:25kisses over
43:26every single
43:27purple mark.
43:28My entire
43:29body shivered,
43:30not from the
43:31cold.
43:32My body
43:32grew uncontrollably
43:34hot.
43:34Riker.
43:35He lifted
43:36his head.
43:37The rumors.
43:39Everyone said
43:41you were
43:41ruined.
43:42down there.
43:43At dust
43:44on the
43:44sixth day,
43:45a new
43:45notice was
43:46nailed to
43:46the town
43:47square.
43:47I pushed
43:48my way
43:48through the
43:49massive crowd.
43:50I got up
43:50on my
43:51tiptoes to
43:51read it.
43:52The Alpha
43:53King had
43:53officially
43:54investigated the
43:55claims,
43:55finding that
43:55the charges
43:56against Alpha
43:56Ryder Ironhawk
43:57were completely
43:58false.
43:59The true
44:00mastermind was
44:00the Alpha of
44:01the Shadowfing
44:02pack,
44:02working with
44:03traitors planted
44:03inside Ironhawk.
44:05Every
44:05conspirator had
44:06been arrested.
44:07Ryder Ironhawk
44:07was fully acquitted
44:08and released.
44:09A massive roar
44:10of relief
44:10erupted from
44:11the crowd.
44:12He did it.
44:12He promised me
44:13seven days and
44:14he did it in six.
44:15That night,
44:16I didn't sleep a
44:17single second.
44:17I sat right by
44:18the small window in
44:19my cottage,
44:20staring out into
44:20the eastern horizon.
44:21The wind howled
44:22across the dark
44:23wastelands.
44:23I didn't know if I
44:24was waiting for the
44:25sunrise or if I was
44:26waiting for him.
44:27Maybe both.
44:28Just as the very
44:29first sliver of
44:30gray hit the sky,
44:31I heard it.
44:32A knock.
44:33Quiet.
44:34Restrained,
44:35but heavy.
44:36Knock,
44:36knock,
44:36knock.
44:37A pause.
44:38Knock,
44:38knock,
44:38knock.
44:39I practically
44:39launched myself
44:40out of my chair.
44:41I threw myself
44:42at the door.
44:42My shaking hands
44:43grabbed the lash.
44:44I took one
44:45massive breath
44:46and pulled it
44:46open.
44:47Ryder was standing
44:48right there on
44:48the porch.
44:49He was wearing
44:50fresh clothes,
44:51a heavy dark
44:51coat and black
44:52slacks.
44:53His messy hair
44:54had been slicked
44:55back.
44:55He was still
44:56pale as a ghost,
44:57but his eyes
44:58were ablaze.
44:58The exact second
44:59those dark amber
45:00eyes locked on mine,
45:01they flared like
45:02a torch lighting
45:03up a pitch black
45:04cave.
45:04I threw myself
45:05right into his
45:06arms.
45:06My arms locked
45:07around his neck.
45:08I buried my face
45:09deep into his
45:09shoulder.
45:10I breathed him
45:11in.
45:11The rotting stench
45:12of the dungeon
45:12was completely
45:13gone.
45:13It was just
45:14clean,
45:14pure Riker.
45:15Riker crushed
45:16me against his
45:17chest.
45:17Amelia,
45:18I'm back.
45:19I couldn't even
45:20speak.
45:20I just nodded
45:21furiously into
45:22his coat.
45:23Then I felt a
45:23hot wet drop
45:24hit my hair.
45:25I slowly tilted
45:26my head up.
45:27Riker's eyes
45:27were rimmed
45:28bright red.
45:29The morning sun
45:30hit his face
45:30casting him
45:31in a warm
45:32golden glow.
45:32My gaze drifted
45:33from his eyes
45:34down to his
45:34collar.
45:35And then,
45:36further down,
45:37I instantly
45:37froze.
45:38I had jumped
45:39out of bed
45:39so fast,
45:40I hadn't put
45:41on my chest
45:41banding.
45:42My loose
45:42cotton nightgown
45:43hid nothing.
45:43My curves
45:44were unmistakable
45:45under the thin
45:45fabric.
45:46I instinctively
45:47tried to twist
45:48away and run,
45:49but Riker's
45:49arms locked
45:50like steel bands
45:51pinning me
45:52flush against
45:53him.
45:53He murmured,
45:55a low,
45:55raspy chuckle
45:56rumbling in his
45:57chest.
45:58Where do you
45:58think you're
45:59going?
45:59I ducked my
46:00head to hide
46:01my burning
46:01cheeks,
46:02my voice dropping
46:03to a barely
46:04audible whisper.
46:06You hate it.
46:08Ryder slowly
46:08lowered his
46:09head,
46:10his lips
46:10brushing against
46:11my ear.
46:12Who told you
46:12that?
46:14My lady,
46:16why don't you
46:17find out for
46:17yourself?
46:18My brain
46:19completely
46:19short-kited.
46:20His mouth
46:21trailed from
46:21my jawline,
46:22down my neck,
46:24down to my
46:24colicones,
46:25and then
46:26dangerously
46:27lower.
46:28Every single
46:29kiss drove
46:30me absolutely
46:31insane.
46:32His thick
46:32fingers tangled
46:33deep into
46:34my hair,
46:35massaging my
46:36scalp.
46:37I completely
46:37melted against
46:38the sheets,
46:39giving myself
46:40over entirely
46:41to his touch.
46:42I had a
46:42dream about
46:43this once.
46:44What dream?
46:45He murmured
46:46every single
46:47detail into
46:47my ear.
46:48It was the
46:49exact same
46:49dream.
46:50My dream.
46:52You.
46:53But his
46:53mouth crashed
46:54down on mine,
46:55swallowing my
46:56words.
46:57This kiss
46:57wasn't like
46:58the garden,
46:59just raw,
47:00unhinged
47:01hunger.
47:01He forced
47:02my lips
47:02open,
47:03claiming every
47:04inch of
47:04my mouth.
47:05His teeth
47:06grazed my
47:07lower lip.
47:07My hands
47:08instinctively
47:09reached up,
47:10tracing the
47:10hard ridges
47:11of his
47:12stomach.
47:16Amelia,
47:16do you know
47:17what you're
47:17doing?
47:18I nodded.
47:19Do you
47:20understand
47:20what this
47:20means?
47:21If I
47:22claim you
47:23tonight,
47:25there is
47:26no going
47:27back.
47:28You belong
47:30to me
47:31forever.
47:33I looked
47:33up at him.
47:34This wasn't
47:35the dying
47:36man rotting
47:37in a bed.
47:38This wasn't
47:39a broken
47:39prisoner.
47:40This was
47:40Ryer Ironhowl,
47:42the alpha
47:43of the
47:43Ironhowl pack,
47:44the most
47:45lethal apex
47:46predator in
47:47the north.
47:48And he
47:49was mine.
47:50I've been
47:51yours for
47:52a long
47:52time,
47:53since the
47:53exact second
47:54you caught
47:55me on
47:55that cliff.
47:56Golden
47:57fire erupted
47:58in his
47:58eyes.
47:59He dropped
48:00his head,
48:01pressing his
48:01forehead against
48:02mine.
48:03Our rag
48:04breaths tangled
48:04together.
48:05He swore,
48:07then I am
48:07never letting
48:08you go.
48:08go.
48:08I'm
48:09going
48:09I'm
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