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