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00:01I was born with huge breasts, yet I was the Dark Knight Pax lowest ranking Omega.
00:07When Angelina caught her fiancé staring at me, she sold me to the Iron Howl Pax Alpha,
00:15a man left half dead by war.
00:19Riker 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,
00:47drouched in blood, barely breathing.
00:50The Pax Seer gave her one desperate option, a blood oath.
00:55Find an Omega, use her blood and a Moonlight Vow.
00:59Fuse 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, but a guard burst through the heavy doors.
01:42Lady Angelina, 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.
02:02A faint metallic scent of blood lingered in the air.
02:06Lady Grace clutched Angelina's hands, tears streaming down her face.
02:12Thank you for everything, Angelina.
02:16But he's awake now.
02:18We don't need the blood oath anymore.
02:20Lady Grace, the contract must go on.
02:24Why?
02:24Amelia is blessed by the goddess.
02:27Think about it.
02:28The second she agreed, Ryan woke up.
02:30If we finish the bond, your Alpha might fully recover.
02:34Lady Grace cast a hesitant glance at me.
02:38Just 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. There 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.
02:57For 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.
03:16Her eyes completely broken.
03:18Child, are you still willing to marry my son?
03:22I swear I will never mistreat you.
03:25You can just be a daughter to me.
03:26Angelina answered before I could even breathe.
03:29She will.
03:30She absolutely will!
03:32A wolfless orphan Omega?
03:34Marrying into the Iron Hall pack is the luckiest day of her miserable life.
03:38I opened my mouth, but no words came out.
03:42I wasn't always a nobody.
03:44My father was Lucian, the Shadow Packs 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.
03:59Grand Elder Damon bought my papers out of pity and made me a slave.
04:03And Silas?
04:05He 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.
04:19I stepped forward, lifted my skirt, and dropped to my knees before Lady Grace.
04:24My Lady, I will do it.
04:26I will marry Alpha Ryer and bind myself to the blood oath.
04:30Lady Grace kept her word.
04:33She 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, a guilty smirk on her face.
04:45I know Ryder is ruin down there.
04:48But look on the bright side.
04:49You'll never have to suffer through childbirth.
04:52And who knows?
04:54A crippled Alpha might compensate in other ways.
04:57I blocked her out.
04:59To me, I was just swapping one master for another.
05:02The carriage stopped before the moon goddess statue in Iron Hell 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.
05:17Squeezed my blood onto an ancient parchment.
05:20Sealed the blood oath.
05:21When I pushed open the heavy oak doors to his bedroom, Ryok 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.
06:14Riker 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.
06:31Heavy 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 Riker's eyes.
06:46He wasn't asleep.
06:48He 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.
06:59I snatched my dress off the floor, clutching it tightly against my chest.
07:04My voice trembled.
07:06You were supposed to be asleep.
07:10Silence.
07:11A long, heavy silence.
07:13When he finally spoke, his voice was an entire octave deeper.
07:18Rougher.
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.
07:46Round, 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,
08:19then slowly back up to my eyes.
08:21There was no disgust, no pity.
08:24Only a dark, burning emotion I couldn't understand.
08:27Then, he turned on his heel.
08:30Walked 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, watching 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.
09:25I 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.
10:00Wrapped it around my chest.
10:03Pulling it much tighter than yesterday.
10:06For 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.
10:18It 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.
10:27Her 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 heapers 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, his voice completely attached, pure ice.
11:32Leave 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 Riger'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.
12:26Three 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.
12:41Riger'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?
13:10Lady Grace picked them out just for you.
13:12Because one day, I can pawn these for silver.
13:17You 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.
14:09I got up on my tiptoes to reach it.
14:12Just as my fingers brushed brush the spine.
14:15A massive hand covered mine.
14:18Ryder's bare skin scraped my knuckles.
14:21A violent jolt of electricity shot straight up my arm.
14:25I looked up.
14:27It was the closest I had ever been to his face.
14:30Up close, his dark eyes were mesmerizing.
14:37A 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.
14:49Like 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.
15:09Ryder 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 mammered against my spine.
15:24Fast.
15:25Wild.
15:25I pulled away.
15:28I...
15:28I need to go.
15:30I fled.
15:31I'm an idiot.
15:32He 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 fade chopping knife in the kitchen.
15:49A neatly folded piece of parchment.
15:52Just one line.
15:54Meet 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.
16:34There's a man at the west gate.
16:36He says he's not leaving until you show up.
16:39My 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.
16:56Amelia, you finally came.
16:59My voice was absolute zero.
17:01Silas, you will address me as Lady Ironhow.
17:04He froze.
17:07Lady 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 pit, 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, do 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.
19:38I slammed the heavy door right in his face.
19:40I spun around to walk away.
19:42Except 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, hard, 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, completely flushed.
21:23That night, I had a wildly inappropriate dream.
21:27In it, Ryak's lips brushed against my cheek.
21:30His finger hooked onto the delicate lace of my nightgown.
21:33He 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.
22:14My lady, are you all right?
22:17Bring me a sounded terrifying of cold, Rusky.
22:20She brought the water, staring at my damp hair and flushed cheeks.
22:25It really is getting too hot for this time of year.
22:28I 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.
23:09Terrified 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.
23:28Crimson petals drifted onto the stone table.
23:31The 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.
23:49My eyes darted across the table.
23:52Riot 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.
24:36I 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.
24:53A 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 said, I'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 and left us completely
25:17alone.
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.
25:36Smooth on the way down.
25:37But it kicked like a mule.
25:40By 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.
25:57I ate it.
25:58I don't know where I found the nerve.
26:00I planted my hands on the stone table and pushed myself up.
26:04I stumbled around the edge, leaning right into his face.
26:09I squinted at his mouth.
26:12You're never going to find it looking like that.
26:15Then how?
26:17Try using your mouth.
26:18My eyes slowly drifted down to his lips.
26:21They were sharp, lethal.
26:23But right now, slicked with sweet wine,
26:26they looked devastatingly soft and gleaming with moisture.
26:29I swallowed hard, and without thinking,
26:32I crashed my lips onto his.
26:34The absolute second we touched,
26:37Rider's entire body went steric as stone,
26:39but only for a split second.
26:41The next moment,
26:43his massive hand locked around the back of my head.
26:45My brain completely short-sucked.
26:48All I could feel was his mouth,
26:50his tongue,
26:51his ragged breathing,
26:53and the electric shock of his fingers threading deeply into my hair.
26:57We didn't rip apart until footsteps crunched on the gravel behind the flower beds.
27:02I jerked back.
27:03In the next instant,
27:04the world spun violently and the sky flipped upside down.
27:08My vision went pitch black.
27:09I collapsed.
27:10The splitting headache woke me up.
27:14I forced my eyes open,
27:16squinting at an unfamiliar ceiling.
27:20This was the Alpha's bedroom.
27:23What the hell am I doing here?
27:28My lady,
27:30you got completely drunk last night.
27:32Alpha Rider carried you back.
27:36Did I say anything stupid?
27:39Oh, absolutely.
27:41He tried to lay you down,
27:43but you grabbed his sleeve and refused to let go.
27:45You kept calling him husband over and over a day.
27:49His entire face turned bright red.
27:53Get out!
27:55She giggled and bolted from the room.
27:59I lay there for a long time,
28:01totally paralyzed,
28:03until someone knocked.
28:05My lady,
28:06the matriarch's waiting at the gates.
28:08We're heading to the sacred peak for the blessing.
28:10I scrambled out of bed,
28:12splashed some water on my face,
28:14and practically ran out of the castle.
28:17Lady Grace was already sitting in the carriage.
28:20No rush, dear.
28:22Take your time.
28:25The carriage rolled out of Ironhal territory,
28:28following a dirt road up toward the sacred peak.
28:30The mountain was holy ground for northern wolves.
28:33Legend said the wolf god himself left his mark there.
28:36The coronation ceremony for each generation of Alpha
28:39takes place there.
28:40Halfway up the trail,
28:42my mind was still consumed by what happened last night.
28:44I kissed Rigan,
28:46and then I completely passed out.
28:48I had absolutely no idea
28:49what happened next.
28:52Amelia,
28:53is there someone else in your heart?
28:56You've been dodging Riken for weeks.
28:59If you want out of this marriage,
29:01just say the word.
29:02You're young.
29:04You shouldn't waste your entire life tied to a-
29:06No,
29:07it's not that at all.
29:08Then what is it?
29:09Before I could answer,
29:11the entire carriage lopped violently.
29:14The wooden wheels suddenly spun out of control.
29:18The driver was gone.
29:20Amelia!
29:21I realized there was a cliff right ahead.
29:24Lady Grace!
29:24Hold on to me tight.
29:26We have to jump.
29:27Jump?
29:28We'll break our bones!
29:29There's a cliff right there!
29:31If we don't jump right now,
29:32we're dead!
29:35We tumbled violently over the jagged cliffside.
29:38My left arm was locked dead around Lady Grace.
29:41We were dangling in midair,
29:43with nothing but a massive,
29:45bottomless gorge beneath our feet.
29:47Hold on!
29:48The guards will find us!
29:50Let me go, Amelia.
29:52The branch can't hold both of us.
29:55I've lived a long life.
29:57Yours is just starting.
29:58I won't let go.
30:01You are the first person
30:03to actually treat me like a Hugh being in this hellhole.
30:06You are my family now,
30:07and I don't abandon my family.
30:09Finally, the branch gave way a few more inches.
30:12My fingers were slipping.
30:14Inch by excruciating inch,
30:16my nails drug into the rough bark,
30:19drawing blood.
30:20Pure despair washed over me.
30:22Then, a voice tore through the air.
30:25Amelia!
30:26Riker has found us.
30:28He didn't hesitate at all.
30:30Ryder!
30:31Midair, his body began to violently shift.
30:34Coarse, gray fur erupted.
30:37Fingers elongated into lethal claws.
30:40He was a monstrous, silver-gray beast.
30:43His massive claws gouged into the solid cliff face.
30:46Stone shattered.
30:48His powerful hind legs kicked off the wall.
30:50He lunged outward,
30:52wrapping one massive front arm around me and Lady Grace.
30:55I was pinned flush against his chest.
30:58I felt his heartbeat up on the ridge.
31:01Iron Howl guards finally arrived.
31:03Thick ropes dropped down the cliffside.
31:06Riker caught the lines in his baths.
31:08He secured the loops around us.
31:11The guards started hauling us up.
31:14The second I cleared the ledge,
31:16I looked down.
31:19Raiden was still clinging to the sheer rock.
31:21Those burning golden eyes locked entirely on me.
31:24Then, they hauled him up too.
31:27The moment his paws hit the dirt,
31:29he shifted back.
31:32He was half naked,
31:33his torso covered in fresh wounds.
31:37But he seemed to feel absolutely nothing.
31:40You're bleeding.
31:44I'm fine, Lady Grace.
31:47She's alive.
31:48But you threw yourself out of a moving carriage.
31:53You hung onto that branch.
31:56He abruptly cut himself off.
31:58Something was glistering in those golden eyes.
32:01It wasn't alpha fire.
32:04It was tears.
32:06Riker.
32:08He didn't answer.
32:10He just lowered his head and rested his forehead against my uninjured shoulder.
32:14His massive arms wrapped around me,
32:17pulling me flush against his bare chest.
32:19I'm okay.
32:20You caught me.
32:22All around us,
32:23the Iron Howell guards silently turned their backs
32:25and looked out over the vast distance.
32:28Only Lady Grace stayed.
32:30She watched us from the dirt.
32:32A soft, tearful smile spreading across her face.
32:35I was bedridden for an entire month.
32:38My dislocated shoulder took a month to heal.
32:42Agonizingly slow for a wolfless Omega.
32:45For that entire month,
32:46I didn't see Riker once.
32:48Lady Grace had locked herself away.
32:50Still shaken by the fall,
32:52the entire estate felt suffocatingly tense.
32:55Every guard wore a grim, solemn expression.
32:58A heavy, suffocating pressure hung in the air,
33:02like the calm right before a brutal storm.
33:05Thirty days later,
33:06I could finally walk on my own.
33:09I pushed my door open.
33:11The stone corridor was completely empty.
33:14I walked towards the stairs.
33:17When I passed Riker's scudule,
33:19the door was shut tight.
33:21I hesitated for a second,
33:22but I didn't knock.
33:23I made it to the front entrance
33:25and pushed open the heavy oak doors.
33:29Ryder was standing at the bottom of the grand steps.
33:33Standing completely,
33:34his face hidden in the shadows.
33:37He walked up and handed me
33:38a small wooden lockbox.
33:40I took it.
33:42Popped the lash.
33:43Inside was a land deed.
33:46The ownership papers for a small estate
33:48and a signed mate nullification contract.
33:51My entire body went ragged.
33:53You're kicking me out?
33:55When Ryuk looked at me,
33:56his eyes were absolute ice.
33:58But beneath that frozen surface,
34:00I saw something else.
34:02Pure agony.
34:03His voice was like a frozen lake.
34:07I know you've been waiting for this.
34:10You've been dodging me,
34:11hiding from me.
34:13You wanted nothing to do with this pack.
34:16You hoarded every piece of jewelry
34:18my mother gave you,
34:19just waiting for the day
34:20you could pawn them to escape.
34:23Isn't this exactly what you wanted?
34:27My lips parted,
34:28but no sound came out.
34:30He turned around,
34:32showing me his back.
34:33Leave, Amelia.
34:34From this moment on,
34:35you have zero ties to the Iron Howl pack.
34:39My voice was so light,
34:41a single breeze could scatter it.
34:43So that's what the great alpha thinks of me.
34:45He didn't turn back around.
34:47Leave now.
34:48I never want to see your face again.
34:52The estate guards marched me straight out the gates.
34:55My maid trailed behind me,
34:58clutching a small bag.
34:59Her eyes were red and swollen.
35:02She sniffed.
35:04The alpha ordered me to go with you.
35:08He said you were used to me.
35:10I didn't say a single word.
35:12We boarded the carriage
35:14and drove straight out of Iron Howl territory.
35:17We stopped at a small border town.
35:19I pawned one of the silver bracelets from the lockbox,
35:23rented a small cottage,
35:24and settled in.
35:26The very next morning,
35:28a new official notice was nailed to the town square.
35:33I stood frozen in front of the wooden board.
35:36Staring at the parchment bearing the seal of King Alpha.
35:40The notice read clearly.
35:41Alpha Riker Iron Howl is charged with treason.
35:45Accused of cullunning with the southern packs,
35:47leaking northern defense maps,
35:49and causing the entire northern border to collapse.
35:52The alpha king had officially ordered his arrest.
35:55Riker was already locked in the royal dungeons,
35:58awaiting judgment.
35:59The entire Iron Howl estate was placed on full lockdown.
36:02No one in, no one out,
36:04pending a royal investigation.
36:06I stood in front of that board as my blood turned to absolute kise.
36:10Collusion.
36:12Treason.
36:12The royal dungeons.
36:14I thought back to those burning golden eyes on the cliff.
36:18Those weren't the eyes of a traitor.
36:20Those were the eyes of a man who would die to protect his pack.
36:24He didn't kick me out because he hated me.
36:27He kicked me out because he knew this was coming.
36:30My hands balled into tight fists.
36:32My nails dug violently into my palms.
36:36My maid timidly asked behind me,
36:38My lady,
36:39is there anything we can do?
36:42I closed my eyes and took a deep, shaky breath.
36:46My mind drifted back to my father,
36:48Lucian,
36:49the Shadow Packs healer.
36:51He was an ordinary wolf with absolutely zero combat skills,
36:54but the entire pack deeply respected him,
36:57because he pulled countless warriors back from the brink of death.
37:00He used to tell me the exact same thing,
37:03over and over.
37:04Power isn't just fangs and claws, Amelia.
37:07Knowledge.
37:08Strategy.
37:09Connections.
37:10That is true power.
37:12A smart omega can use those to move the entire world.
37:15I snapped my eyes open.
37:18I know exactly what to do.
37:21It took me three brutal days to track that person down.
37:25Lord Clement Greystone,
37:27the royal beta of the King's Pack.
37:29Twenty years ago,
37:30he was gutted in a war against the Shadow Flick Pack.
37:33He contracted a lethal blood infection.
37:36My father saved his life with a rare herbal remedy.
37:40Lord Greystone met me in his private study.
37:43His voice was a deep, gravelly baron tone.
37:46You say you're Lucian's daughter?
37:48Yes, my lord.
37:49I lowered my head.
37:51The instinctive sign of respect from an omega to a high-ranking wolf.
37:55He studied my face.
37:57You look exactly like him.
38:00Especially the eyes.
38:02My lord, I know this is an incredibly bold request,
38:05but I need your help.
38:06Speak.
38:08I need to see Riker Ironhouth.
38:10His thick eyebrows immediately drew together.
38:14I took a deep breath
38:15and briefly explained the situation.
38:18From the contract marriage to the cliffside ambush.
38:21From Riker violently kicking me out
38:23to the sudden treason decree.
38:26He is not a traitor.
38:28If he was leaking defense maps,
38:30why would he jump off a cliff to save me?
38:32If he was colluding with the Shadow Flick Pack,
38:34why the hell did they try to assassinate his carriage?
38:38If he is found guilty of treason,
38:41anyone who helps him
38:42swings from the same rope.
38:47I know.
38:48He looked at me,
38:49his expression unreadable.
38:50He finally said,
38:52Your father pulled me from the grave.
38:54I owe him my life.
38:56And I am paying that deck to you.
38:59He grabbed an ink quill from his desk,
39:01wrote a few lines on a heavy parchment,
39:04stamped his wax seal on it.
39:06This is a visitation pass,
39:08but you only have thirty minutes.
39:13The royal dungeons were buried
39:15deep beneath the king's castle.
39:17Freezing.
39:18Damp.
39:19Where the air reeked of rotting iron and mold.
39:22A royal guard stopped in front of the very last iron door.
39:26He jammed a key into the lock.
39:30Alpha Iron Howl is a high-risk traitor.
39:32Remember, you only have thirty minutes.
39:34The iron door opened.
39:37I stepped inside.
39:39Ryder looked up.
39:40His hair was a tangled mess.
39:42Heavy stubble shadowed his jaw.
39:44His skin was deathly pale,
39:46his cheekbones jutting out sharply.
39:48He had lost so much weight,
39:50but his eyes hadn't changed.
39:52The second those deep amber eyes saw me,
39:55his pupils narrowed sharply.
39:57What are you doing here?
39:59I stood at the door,
40:00just staring at him.
40:02The dungeon air was freezing and damp,
40:04but my eyes burned hot with tears.
40:07Is this why you kicked me out?
40:11You knew they were coming for you, didn't you?
40:13Riker didn't say a word.
40:16I walked right up to him.
40:18I crouched down,
40:19bringing my face level with his.
40:21You were framed, weren't you?
40:23Riker just looked at me.
40:25He sat in complete silence for a long time.
40:28Then, he slowly reached out,
40:32his thumb gently wiping a tear from my cheek.
40:35Amelia, you shouldn't be here.
40:38Tell me the truth.
40:40Who framed you?
40:42What can I do to help?
40:44Ryder's long fingers
40:46tightened slightly against my palms.
40:48Amelia, you can't.
40:49The Shadowfleck Pack.
40:51They colluded with a traitor inside Iron Howl,
40:54doctoring the border defense maps.
40:56But I have zero proof.
40:57All the evidence was scrubbed.
40:59My only witness died in a sudden accident three days ago.
41:02A heavy, sickening dread settled in my chest.
41:05Ryder's voice suddenly turned to steel.
41:08But I didn't just sit and wait.
41:10Before they arrested me,
41:12I smuggled a letter to the Alpha King,
41:13detailing the entire Shadowflag plot
41:16and naming the traitor.
41:17Did the King get it?
41:18Riker closed his eyes.
41:20I don't know.
41:22If it was intercepted...
41:23I squeezed his hand even tighter and pleaded,
41:26There has to be a way.
41:27I'll go back to Lord Grestone.
41:29Amelia,
41:31when you leave this cell,
41:33do absolutely nothing.
41:34The walls have ears.
41:36How can you be so sure?
41:39I can't say much,
41:40but I promise you within seven days,
41:43I will walk out of here.
41:44Because I never make a promise I cannot keep.
41:48He stared at me,
41:49his gaze fierce,
41:50yet devastatingly gentle.
41:53Seven days from now,
41:55we will watch the sun rise together.
41:57Okay?
41:58I nodded.
41:59I looked up,
42:00straight into those burning golden eyes.
42:02He whispered,
42:03his rough thumb tracing my jawline.
42:06Amelia,
42:06I absolutely love everything about you.
42:08Ryder bent down and picked me up horizontally.
42:11I lightly pounded on his solid chest.
42:13You promised me we were going to watch the sun rise.
42:15He carried me inside and kicked the front door shut.
42:18I'm watching you first.
42:20He laid me down on the bed
42:21and stood by the edge,
42:23staring down.
42:24I lay there,
42:26my heart hammering so hard it hurt.
42:28He leaned down,
42:29one massive hand braced next to my head.
42:32His other hand slowly reached for the thin ribbon
42:34tying my collar together.
42:35He pulled it loose.
42:36I panicked,
42:37instinctively throwing my hands over my chest.
42:40Don't look.
42:41It's ruined.
42:42Ryker gently pulled my hands away.
42:44His long fingers traced the deep,
42:46ugly bruising right under my collarbones.
42:49His skin was squirting hot,
42:51but his touch was impossibly light,
42:55like he was handling shattered glass.
42:57It's not ruined.
42:58They are beautiful.
43:03He pressed his lips to my collarbone,
43:06trailing soft, burning kisses
43:08over every single purple mark.
43:10My entire body shivered,
43:12not from the cold.
43:14My body grew uncontrollably hot.
43:16Ryker.
43:17He lifted his head.
43:19The rumors.
43:22Everyone said you were
43:24ruined down there.
43:25At dust on the sixth day,
43:27a new notice was nailed to the town square.
43:29I pushed my way through the massive crowd.
43:32I got up on my tiptoes to read it.
43:34The Alpha King had officially investigated the claims,
43:37finding that the charges against Alpha Ryder Ironhaut
43:39were completely false.
43:41The true mastermind was the Alpha of the Shadowfing pack,
43:44working with traitors planted inside Ironhaut.
43:47Every conspirator had been arrested.
43:48Ryder Ironhaut was fully acquitted and released.
43:51A massive roar of relief erupted from the crowd.
43:54He did it.
43:54He promised me seven days,
43:56and he did it in six.
43:57That night, I didn't sleep a single second.
43:59I sat right by the small window in my cottage,
44:02staring out into the eastern horizon.
44:03The wind howled across the dark wastelands.
44:05I didn't know if I was waiting for the sunrise,
44:07or if I was waiting for him.
44:09Maybe both.
44:10Just as the very first sliver of gray hit the sky,
44:13I heard it.
44:14A knock.
44:15Quiet.
44:16Restrained.
44:17But heavy.
44:18Knock, knock, knock.
44:19A pause.
44:20Knock, knock, knock.
44:21I practically launched myself out of my chair.
44:23I threw myself at the door.
44:24My shaking hands grabbed the lash.
44:26I took one massive breath,
44:28and pulled it open.
44:29Ryder was standing right there on the porch.
44:31He was wearing fresh clothes,
44:33a heavy dark coat,
44:34and black slacks.
44:35His messy hair had been slicked back.
44:37He was still pale as a ghost,
44:39but his eyes were ablaze.
44:40The exact second those dark amber eyes locked on mine,
44:44they flared like a torch lighting up a pitch black cave.
44:46I threw myself right into his arms.
44:48My arms locked around his neck.
44:50I buried my face deep into his shoulder.
44:52I breathed him in.
44:53The rotting stench of the dungeon was completely gone.
44:55It was just clean, pure Ryker.
44:58Ryker crushed me against his chest.
44:59Amelia, I'm back.
45:01I couldn't even speak.
45:02I just nodded furiously into his coat.
45:05Then I felt a hot, wet drop hit my hair.
45:07I slowly tilted my head up.
45:09Ryker's eyes were rimmed bright red.
45:11The morning sun hit his face,
45:13casting him in a warm golden glow.
45:14My gaze drifted from his eyes down to his collar.
45:17And then, further down,
45:19I instantly froze.
45:20I had jumped out of bed so fast,
45:22I hadn't put on my chest banding.
45:24My loose cotton nightgown hid nothing.
45:26My curves were unmistakable under the thin fabric.
45:28I instinctively tried to twist away and run.
45:31But Ryker's arms locked like steel bands,
45:34pinning me flush against him.
45:36He murmured,
45:37a low, raspy chuckle rumbling in his chest.
45:40Where do you think you're going?
45:41I ducked my head to hide my burning cheeks,
45:44my voice dropping to a barely audible whisper.
45:48You hate it.
45:50Ryker slowly lowered his head,
45:52his lips brushing against my ear.
45:54Who told you that?
45:56My lady,
45:58why don't you find out for yourself?
46:00My brain completely short-kited.
46:02His mouth trailed from my jawline,
46:04down my neck,
46:06down to my collar cones,
46:07and then,
46:08dangerously lower.
46:10Every single kiss,
46:12drove me absolutely insane.
46:14His thick fingers,
46:15tangled deep into my hair,
46:17massaging my scalp.
46:18I completely melted against the sheets,
46:21giving myself over entirely to his touch.
46:24I had a dream about this once.
46:26What dream?
46:27He murmured every single detail into my ear.
46:30It was the exact same dream.
46:32My dream.
46:34You.
46:35But his mouth crashed down on mine,
46:37swallowing my words.
46:39This kiss wasn't like the garden,
46:41just raw,
46:42unhinged hunger.
46:43He forced my lips open,
46:45claiming every inch of my mouth.
46:47His teeth grazed my lower lip.
46:50My hands instinctively reached up,
46:52tracing the hard ridges of his stomach.
46:58Amelia, do you know what you're doing?
47:00I nodded.
47:01Do you understand what this means?
47:04If I claim you tonight,
47:07there is no going back.
47:11You belong to me.
47:13Forever.
47:15I looked up at him.
47:16This wasn't the dying man
47:18rotting in a bed.
47:20This wasn't a broken prisoner.
47:22This was Ryer Ironhowl.
47:24The alpha of the Ironhowl pack.
47:26The most lethal apex predator in the north.
47:30And he was mine.
47:32I've been yours for a long time,
47:35since the exact second you caught me on that cliff.
47:38Golden fire erupted in his eyes.
47:41He dropped his head,
47:43pressing his forehead against mine.
47:45Our rag breaths tangled together.
47:47He swore.
47:48Then I am never letting you go.
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