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