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00:04I was born with heavy breasts and lush curves.
00:08My half-sister Chloe was afraid her mate Brad would go feral over me.
00:11So she sold me to an impotent alpha.
00:15She patted my shoulder.
00:19Who knows, maybe he's good at other things.
00:23Three months later, I was begging for mercy every night.
00:26Funny. He seemed good at everything.
00:31Case Valerius, the Blackwood Pax Alpha, the Lycan King's most trusted war commander.
00:36He was carried back from the battlefield soaked in blood.
00:38Someone suggested,
00:40A mate bond shares life force.
00:42If Alpha Case was bound to a living, healthy mate, her strength could flow into him and pull him back.
00:48Chloe rushed to play matchmaker and presented me to Martha before I could object.
00:51I had no way to refuse.
00:53If I wouldn't agree, she'd transfer me to serve 60-year-old Elder Kevin.
00:57I knew she resented my history with her mate.
01:00I dropped to my knees and swore to the moon goddess.
01:02I swear, Chloe, I had no feelings for Brad.
01:06Chloe jabbed a finger at my forehead, fury in her eyes.
01:09What good is a vow?
01:11Do you have any idea how distracting you are?
01:13I hunched my shoulders.
01:15Tears slid down my cheeks.
01:17Just look at that ample body and those charming curves, parading your body in front of every male in the
01:22clan.
01:23Who among them would not lose their minds at the smell of you?
01:26I wanted to tell her.
01:28To bind my chest, I'd wrapped myself layer after layer in the sweltering heat until I broke out in a
01:33rash.
01:33Her expression softened.
01:35She wiped my tears.
01:37It's not that I don't trust you.
01:39It's that I don't trust males.
01:41Do you know how powerful Alpha Case is?
01:43If my mother and Martha weren't old friends, you wouldn't even have this opportunity.
01:48Chloe, I don't want to be anyone's offering.
01:51I'd rather scrub kitchen floors.
01:53Just don't make me...
01:57Two sharp slaps landed across my face.
02:00My cheek burned.
02:01Leah, are you out of your mind?
02:03If I hadn't vouched for you, Martha wouldn't have given you a second glance.
02:07You wouldn't even be worthy of being Case's mate.
02:10The maid burst in breathless.
02:12Miss Chloe, word from the Valerius Estate.
02:15Alpha Case has woken up.
02:18Chloe dragged me straight to Valerius Estate, enormous.
02:21I followed her through the main hall to a set of heavy double doors, pulled half shut.
02:25Through the gap, I could make out a man's shape in the bed.
02:27Thin, motionless, chest rattling with shallow coughs every few minutes.
02:31Martha stood on our side, eyes red.
02:34Thank you for everything you've done for Case.
02:36I won't destroy a girl's future over it.
02:38Chloe's eyes moved, quick and calculating.
02:40Valerius, the bond should still be completed.
02:43Leah arrived the same day Case woke up.
02:45That's the moon goddess guiding us.
02:48Seal the bond properly.
02:49Her life force will keep pulling him back toward health.
02:52Before she could speak, the healer Ella stepped out, expression tight.
02:56Alpha Case has regained consciousness, but an arrow struck his inner thigh during battle.
03:03I'm afraid he will no longer be able to-
03:05Unable to do what?
03:06He will no longer be able to get hard.
03:08Martha's knees gave out.
03:10I caught her before she hit the floor.
03:12She looked up at me with hollowed eyes.
03:14Leah, knowing this, are you still willing?
03:18Yes, she's been looking forward to it.
03:20Chloe was already answering for me.
03:22Of course she is.
03:23She's just an omega with no prospects.
03:25She should be grateful.
03:27I didn't speak right away.
03:29My mind went to my past.
03:31There was a young wolf in the poor quarter behind our estate.
03:34I first saw him through the fence gaps.
03:36Thin wrists, hollow cheeks, hunched over a cracked bowl with nothing in it.
03:40I started passing food through the gaps.
03:43Bread first, then soup, then whatever I had.
03:46Day after day, I watched him change.
03:48The hollows in his cheeks filled out.
03:51His shoulders broadened.
03:52He started training before dawn, running laps around the back wall while I was still half
03:57asleep.
03:57He was going to enter the warrior trials.
04:00I knew it before he told me.
04:01When he passed, I went to find him that same night.
04:04I was happy.
04:04I remember it clearly.
04:06I was genuinely happy.
04:07I knocked on the gate.
04:08He didn't open it.
04:09His voice came, Leah, I'm betrothed now.
04:12It wouldn't be proper.
04:12Then a soft thud in the dirt at my feet.
04:14A pouch of silver.
04:15Consider my debt repaid.
04:16I stood there for a moment.
04:18Then I picked it up and walked away.
04:20That wolf became Chloe's mate, Brad.
04:23I acted like I'd never known him.
04:25Chloe found out anyway.
04:27I snapped back to reality.
04:28I gathered my skirts and knelt in front of Martha.
04:31My lady, I'm willing.
04:33I'll complete the bond, care for Case, and serve you as long as you need me.
04:39Luna.
04:39Martha kept her word and prepared a dignified mating dress for me.
04:43Chloe deliberately chose a day when Brad was away on pack business to send me off.
04:47She walked me to the door, guilt on her face.
04:49Even though Case can't get hard, at least you'll be spared the pain of bearing pups.
04:54Don't worry.
04:56An alpha who can't perform in that area is probably exceptional in every other.
05:00Honestly, none of what Chloe said had even crossed my mind.
05:03I told myself I was simply moving to a new household.
05:07Case was too weak to stand through the full mate blessing ritual.
05:10I completed the bond rites beside his ceremonial sword instead.
05:14Martha watched from the front, eyes wet the whole time.
05:18When it was done, I was alpha Case's mate.
05:21The mating chamber was quiet.
05:23I pushed the door open carefully.
05:25Case was already inside, half reclined against the headboard in a white bathrobe.
05:29He turned when he heard me.
05:31Up close, he was strikingly handsome.
05:34Sharp jaw, dark eyes, the kind of face that didn't need color in it to hold attention.
05:39I had no intention of taking a mate.
05:41He said with a low voice.
05:43If it doesn't trouble you, we can treat this as a sibling arrangement.
05:47He pointed to the chaise along the far wall.
05:50Tonight the bed is yours.
05:52I'll take that.
05:54Tomorrow you move to the guest quarters.
05:55All right.
05:56I nodded.
05:57He had thought of everything.
05:58It wasn't what I'd expected.
06:00Before the ritual, one of the older maids had pulled me aside and pressed something into my hands.
06:05A small handbook, worn at the corners.
06:08She'd whispered with a strange look.
06:10There are other ways between mates.
06:13You might find it useful.
06:14I had no idea what she meant until I opened it.
06:17Heat pooled in my core just from looking at the pages.
06:21Is it too hot?
06:22Case was watching me from the bed.
06:24Eyes direct.
06:26Unblinking.
06:27The dress is heavy.
06:28I'm a little warm.
06:31Then wash up and rest.
06:32He pulled the blanket over himself and turned toward the wall.
06:35Within minutes, his breathing evened out.
06:37I set the handbook down on the vanity and took down my hair.
06:41Then the layered robes, piece by piece, until I was standing in nothing but my nightgown.
06:46I turned to the mirror.
06:47The thin fabric clung to every curve.
06:50Heavy breasts straining against the cloth.
06:52Slim waist giving way to the flare of my hips.
06:55I walked straight into Case's gaze.
06:57He wasn't asleep.
06:58His chest rose hard.
07:00The tips of his ears went red.
07:02His throat worked as he swallowed.
07:03I grabbed my outer robe and pressed it against my chest.
07:08Alpha, I thought you were asleep.
07:10A long pause.
07:12I could sleep later.
07:14My breath hitched.
07:15He rose slowly to his feet.
07:17His tall frame casting a shadow over me.
07:29The handbook's images came flooding in.
07:32My breathing shifted without me meaning it to.
07:34Somehow falling into the same rhythm as his.
07:37Then Case turned and walked to the door.
07:39The moment cool night air rushed in, I snapped back to my senses.
07:43He'd already disappeared into the darkness.
07:45I turned it over in my mind.
07:47When he'd looked at me just now,
07:49his eyes had flashed with something unmistakably like shock.
07:53Had my figure actually frightened him?
07:55Before I lay down, I made a firm decision.
07:58Tomorrow morning, I was binding my chest at least one full loop tighter.
08:02I was hovering somewhere between sleep and waking when Case slipped back in.
08:06The tips of his hair still beaded with water.
08:08He'd apparently gone to shower.
08:10By morning, he was already gone.
08:12Ivy came in to help me dress.
08:14From the corridor outside came the sound of a man.
08:17Once.
08:18Then again.
08:20Martha's headmaid's voice carried clearly through the door.
08:23Alpha Case?
08:24Why didn't you call someone to heat the water?
08:26It's already summer, but the nights are still cold.
08:29Of course you've caught a chill.
08:30I'll go brew tea right now.
08:32I glanced at Ivy.
08:34Does the alpha usually take cold showers?
08:36I honestly don't know, miss.
08:38I dismissed her and locked the door.
08:40I wound a strip of cloth tight over my undergarments, then pulled on the most conservative dress I could find
08:46in the wardrobe.
08:47High neck, loose cut, heavy fabric.
08:50Then I went to living room.
08:52Case was already there when I arrived, seated beside Martha.
08:55She lit up the moment she saw me, her whole face warm with welcome.
09:00Until Case coughed, and the warmth vanished instantly.
09:04Cage, I have a few private words for Leah.
09:07Go rest for a while.
09:08Case rose and left without a word.
09:10Martha waved me over and took both my hands in hers, eyes glistening.
09:15Sweet girl, our Case is lucky to have you.
09:21The pack healer says the injury drained his life force.
09:25There's no telling how long he has left.
09:27Some of the elders suggested I find a child for him to adopt, to carry on the bloodline.
09:35But if I did that, wouldn't I be stealing your whole future from you?
09:40I'm already grateful you came into this family to save Case.
09:44I can't let you sacrifice the rest of your life on top of that.
09:47I've thought it through.
09:48If Case's time does come, I'll have him issue you a formal mate release.
09:52Your future stays protected.
09:54And I'll see to it that you receive property, and a place of your own.
09:58I reached up and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes,
10:01chest tight with an ache I couldn't name.
10:03Mrs. Valerius, thank you for looking out for me.
10:07I'd come here thinking of myself as nothing more than a transferred Omega servant.
10:10I never imagined she would think this far ahead on my behalf.
10:13My thoughts drifted to the mother I had never known.
10:16If she had been alive.
10:17If I had grown up under a mother's protection.
10:19I never would have ended up in any of the situations I'd been through.
10:23Martha laughed through her tears.
10:24Look at me, I've gone and made you cry too.
10:27She squeezed my hands.
10:29Leah, there's no need to be so formal.
10:31Call me mom, just like Case does.
10:34She took a breath.
10:35So, I have a proposition for you.
10:37Chloe mentioned you know how to prepare medicinal soups.
10:40I'd like you to take over Case's daily meals and care.
10:43I just want him to live a little longer.
10:45That's my one selfish wish.
10:47By the end, her voice had gone rough.
10:49I nodded.
10:49I headed to the kitchen to gather ingredients.
10:52The last time I'd prepared medicinal soup was several years ago, back when Brad was not yet Chloe's mate.
10:57He'd lost both parents and lived alone in a run-down unit, skipping meals to save every cent for his
11:03warrior training.
11:05One day, I found him collapsed at our back gate and brought him around.
11:08Out of sympathy, I dug through my mother's old healer journals and prepared medicinal meals for him every day to
11:14rebuild his strength.
11:15Only the two of us ever knew about it.
11:18From the looks of things, he was the one who told Chloe, just to get me driven out.
11:23The lengths he had gone to were truly something.
11:26I carried the steaming soup to the bedroom and found Case directing servants to pack up his belongings.
11:32Alpha, what's this about?
11:34Weren't we agreed that I was moving to the guest room?
11:36His sharply handsome face didn't shift so much as a fraction.
11:39I have fewer things.
11:41It makes more sense for me to move.
11:43At least eat first.
11:45I set the food on the table.
11:46He gave it a brief glance and sat down.
11:51You can leave this kind of thing to the maid from now on.
11:54It's no different coming from me.
11:57It is different.
11:58His voice remained flat and cool.
12:01Have Ivy bring it from now on.
12:03He finished the soup and a few quick swallows, said a few words to the servants, and swept past me.
12:09In that moment, I confirmed one thing.
12:11Alpha Case couldn't stand the sight of me.
12:14I followed his instructions and had Ivy deliver his daily healing meals to the study from then on.
12:20Martha couldn't stop singing my praises.
12:21The pack healer says Case's condition has stabilized significantly.
12:26I can see the color coming back to his face.
12:28Leah, that's entirely because of you.
12:31Delighted, she pressed a gold bracelet into my hands.
12:34Back in my room, I tucked it into my jewelry box, which had been slowly filling with pieces Martha had
12:40gifted me since my arrival.
12:41Leah, you never wear any of the of these.
12:44Isn't it a waste to just put them away?
12:46How is it a waste?
12:48Every one of these can be converted to cash.
12:50That's my security fund.
12:52But Lady Martha gave these to you personally.
12:54Are you really going to sell all of them?
12:56Not right now.
12:57But if the mate bond is ever severed, naturally I'd sell them and keep the money on hand.
13:02Ivy's expression shifted to pure bewilderment.
13:05As she turned away, she dropped her voice to a murmur.
13:09Alpha.
13:12Alpha?
13:12I spun around and met a pair of ink-dark eyes.
13:15Martha's eyesight must truly be failing her.
13:18Case looked worse than ever.
13:20Case's face was even paler than before.
13:22His gaze was sharp and cutting, fixed on me with cold precision.
13:26The look unsettled me completely, but I didn't dare let a single trace of it show.
13:32Alpha.
13:32Alpha, is there something you need?
13:35A journal.
13:36We looked together.
13:37I checked the shelves.
13:39He checked the writing desk.
13:40Neither of us spoke.
13:41I spotted the journal pushed to the very back of the top shelf, behind a row of my mother's
13:45medical notes.
13:47I reached up on my toes.
13:48My fingertips just grazed the cover.
13:51Case's hand came over mine.
13:53Warm.
13:53Steady.
13:54He reached past me without effort and closed his hand around the journal.
13:58I turned my head.
14:00His face was right there.
14:01Closer than I'd realized.
14:03He was looking down at me.
14:05Then, I lost my footing and pitched straight into him.
14:08My heavy breasts hit his chest first.
14:10My waist went straight into his palm, his hand catching me before he could react.
14:15Case didn't step back.
14:16His ear tips went red.
14:18His throat worked as he swallowed.
14:20When he exhaled, the breath came out uneven against the top of my head.
14:24His eyes flashed gold for a second, then green.
14:28I scrambled upright, face burning.
14:31Your journal.
14:32He took it without a word and walked out.
14:34Perfect.
14:35My standing in his eyes had just sunk even lower.
14:38After that day, I made every effort to avoid crossing paths with Case.
14:41He was injured and recovering.
14:43He needed to stay calm.
14:44But there was one more thing bothering me.
14:47Brad had been sending notes.
14:48Three times already.
14:50I hadn't opened a single one.
14:52Just dropped them in a box.
14:53Then, Ivy pressed one into my hand that morning.
14:55It's not just a note this time.
14:57He's here.
14:58Side entrance.
14:59Says he won't leave until you come out.
15:00I clenched my fist and walked out.
15:02I didn't notice the figure that followed from the far end of the courtyard.
15:05Brad was standing at the gate.
15:08Leah!
15:08You finally came!
15:10You should be calling me Mrs. Valerius.
15:12He paused.
15:13Dropped his voice.
15:15Mrs. Valerius.
15:16Do you have any idea how many times you've put me in an impossible position with these meetings?
15:21I know.
15:23I just wanted to tell you.
15:25I'll be securing more power in the pack.
15:27Soon I won't need Chloe's father backing me anymore.
15:30He stepped closer.
15:31I'll buy a house, Leah.
15:33Come with me.
15:34Anything's better than staying with a dying man.
15:36He reached for me.
15:38I stepped back.
15:40You want me as your mistress?
15:42Brad nodded, completely serious.
15:44I laughed.
15:45Why would I give up being the Alpha's mate to be your mistress?
15:49The whole pack knows Case is dying.
15:51He won't last.
15:53And he can't even stand up anymore.
15:55His eyes dropped deliberately to my chest.
15:58Isn't that a waste?
16:01Disgust surged through me.
16:03Brad, I will never be anyone's mistress.
16:06Case fought on the front lines for this pack.
16:09Those injuries are his honor.
16:12You've benefited from every battle he won.
16:14And you're standing here calling him less of a man.
16:18You're the one who's less.
16:21Come near me again and every note you've sent goes straight to Chloe.
16:25How do you think that ends for you?
16:28His face went white.
16:30I swung the gate shut.
16:31I turned around and came face to face with Case.
16:34White t-shirt, standing less than half a foot away.
16:36His full height bearing down on me.
16:38Alpha, I managed.
16:39A faint edge flickered across his expression.
16:41Wasn't it my mate just a moment ago?
16:44Why so formal all of a sudden?
16:46I looked down and started walking.
16:50Please don't misunderstand.
16:51As long as I'm in this estate, I honor this bond.
16:53Completely.
16:54Fast.
16:55It's getting late.
16:56I should go make your evening meal.
16:57I moved to step past him.
16:59His hand closed around my arm.
17:00I lost my footing and pitched straight into him.
17:03My heavy breasts against his chest.
17:04My waist caught in his grip.
17:06I looked up.
17:07His face was inches from mine.
17:09His eyes were deep and unreadable.
17:11One tilt forward and our lips would have touched.
17:14His breath hit my face.
17:15Warm.
17:16My breath hitched.
17:18Heat pooled low in my core.
17:21Case swallowed hard.
17:22As long as I remain in this estate.
17:25Each word slow.
17:26Deliberate.
17:27You counting down the days until you can leave?
17:30I couldn't exactly tell him, I'll leave the day you die.
17:33No.
17:34Nothing like that.
17:35I shifted in his grip.
17:37Alpha, you're hurting my arm.
17:39Did you mean every word you said just now?
17:41I blinked and asked which part.
17:44He let out a quiet breath and released me.
17:46I bolted.
17:48And I noticed, for the first time,
17:50his face had actual color in it.
17:52His cheeks were just as red as mine.
17:55That night, I had a strange dream.
17:58Case's lips grazed slowly along my cheek.
18:00His fingers hooked into the strap of my slip,
18:03voice dropping to a low murmur.
18:05Does my Luna want this?
18:07I nodded like someone completely under a spell.
18:10Then a fierce, consuming kiss caught my lips and wouldn't let go.
18:14I jolted awake in a tangle of sheets,
18:16heart still hammering, breathless.
18:19Ivy knocked and came in.
18:20I asked her to bring a basin of cold water.
18:22She stared at my sweat-damp hair and murmured,
18:25It really is getting hotter.
18:27I splashed cold water onto my face.
18:29And then it hit me.
18:30That first night.
18:31Case.
18:32Cold shower.
18:34Surely he hadn't also been...
18:36No.
18:37Impossible.
18:38He was injured and recovering.
18:40He was supposed to be keeping himself calm.
18:42At midday, Martha's attendant arrived.
18:44Martha would like dinner in the garden tonight.
18:46She asks that you be sure to come.
18:49I've been making excuses to avoid the main dining hall for days,
18:52just to steer clear of Case.
18:53But Martha had gone out of her way to personally extend the invitation.
18:56I couldn't say no.
18:58I stepped into the garden.
18:59A sprawling rose of Sharon was in full bloom.
19:02A gust of wind shook loose a handful of deep crimson petals,
19:06drifting down onto the stone table,
19:08covered with every dish I loved most.
19:10Martha smiled and gestured for me to sit.
19:12Case mentioned it's your birthday today.
19:14He's the one who asked the kitchen to prepare all of this.
19:17I looked up and met a pair of burning, intent eyes.
19:21Heat rushed straight to my face.
19:23Case lit a plate of chestnut cake in front of me
19:25without changing his expression.
19:28How did you know today was my birthday?
19:30I'd completely forgotten it myself.
19:33My birth mother died bringing me into the world.
19:35No one had ever once marked the day for me.
19:38Case kept his eyes lowered and said evenly,
19:41It's not difficult to know it.
19:43Something in my chest gave one quiet, inexplicable pull.
19:48Leah, this peach blossom wine is from my private reserve.
19:51I'm opening it just for you.
19:53But you two had better not drink too much.
19:56She pushed back her chair,
19:57said the summer evening breeze was too much for her old bones,
20:00and left.
20:01The garden went quiet.
20:03To avoid the silence, I put my head down and drank.
20:06One cup, then another, then another.
20:09The wine was sweet and dangerously potent.
20:12Before long, the edges of everything had gone soft and blurry.
20:16Case watched me but said nothing.
20:18By the third glass, I'd stopped feeling the awkward silence.
20:21By the fourth, I'd stopped feeling much of anything.
20:25I reached across the table toward the last piece of chestnut cake.
20:28The dish was empty.
20:29I looked up.
20:31Where's the last piece?
20:33I ate it.
20:34I have absolutely no idea where the boldness came from.
20:37I leaned straight toward his face.
20:40Who told you to eat that?
20:42Spit it back out.
20:44I pressed against his chest, trying to peer into his mouth.
20:47Case looked down at me, perfectly calm.
20:49You won't find it that way.
20:51I straightened up and stared at him.
20:53Then how am I supposed to find it?
20:55A faint flush crept across his cheeks.
20:58Try using your mouse.
20:59My gaze drifted to his slightly reddened lips.
21:02I swallowed once, and kissed him without hesitation.
21:06Case went rigid, his breathing lurching unsteady.
21:09Then control shifted.
21:11His hand cupped the back of my head, and he pressed in deeper.
21:14Harder.
21:15Neither of us pulled away until footsteps sounded from behind the flower bed.
21:21Alpha, the night air is cool.
21:23Lady Martin asked me to bring you both a wrap.
21:26I had no idea how much Ivy'd seen.
21:28I shot to my feet, and the next instant, the world tilted.
21:32Everything went dark.
21:35When I woke up with a splitting headache, it was already morning.
21:39I suddenly remembered.
21:40I'd promised Martha to visit Case's father's grave.
21:44It was late.
21:45I started rushing around for my things.
21:49Leah, don't worry.
21:51The driver is still getting the car ready.
21:53Ivy, was it you who brought me back last night?
21:57No.
21:58The Alpha carried you back.
22:00I spun around to check her face.
22:03She nodded, completely serious.
22:06I didn't say anything stupid, did I?
22:09Ivy bid back a smile.
22:11The Alpha set you down on the bed,
22:14and you grabbed his sleeve and wouldn't let go.
22:17You kept calling him my mate,
22:19over and over,
22:20until his whole face went red.
22:23Ivy, don't you dare make things up.
22:26She covered her mouth, laughing, and ran out.
22:30I met Martha at the front entrance.
22:33Case's father's grave was on a hillside just beyond the pack territory.
22:37I sat in the back of the car, completely distracted,
22:41replaying the moment I'd kissed Case last night.
22:44Martha must have misread my expression because she said,
22:47Leah, is there someone you have feelings for?
22:54I've noticed you've been avoiding Case these past few days.
22:58Please don't be upset with me for pushing you two together at dinner last night.
23:02I thought if the two of you couldn't be mates, you could at least be friends.
23:06But if you're uncomfortable, or if you want to leave, just say.
23:10I'll have him sever the bond.
23:12I won't let you be trapped here.
23:13Mom, no.
23:15It's not that.
23:16I was thinking about something else.
23:18What is it?
23:19I was still figuring out how to answer when the car lurched.
23:21The engine screamed.
23:23The car swung hard.
23:24Tires off the road, crashing through brush, the whole frame shaking.
23:28I grabbed Martha and looked at the driver.
23:30Slumped over the wheel.
23:31Unconscious.
23:33No one to hit the brakes.
23:34A cliff, straight ahead.
23:36Martha grabbed my arm.
23:37Leah, what do we do?
23:40We jump.
23:40Now.
23:41We'll be hurt.
23:43We'll die if we don't.
23:44Hold on to me.
23:45I wrapped myself around her and we threw ourselves clear the instant the wheels left solid ground.
23:49We hit the cliff edge and went over.
23:51My hand shot out and caught a root jutting from the rock face.
23:54My other hand locked around Martha's wrist.
23:57Below her was a straight drop into nothing.
24:00Mom, don't look down.
24:02Don't look down.
24:03Hold on to me.
24:04Ivy and the others are right behind us.
24:06Behind us in the second car.
24:09They'll be here soon.
24:11The root groaned under our weight.
24:13Martha's voice broke.
24:16Leah.
24:16Let me go.
24:18We're too heavy.
24:20It's going to snap.
24:24I'm old.
24:26I've lived my life.
24:28You have to keep living yours.
24:31My chest tightened so hard I could barely breathe.
24:35I couldn't let go.
24:37She'd been a mother to me from the first day.
24:40Mom, I would rather die with you than watch you fall.
24:45Hold on.
24:50They're coming.
24:51The truth was, I had no idea.
24:54My arms were going numb.
24:56The pain had gone so deep it had stopped feeling like pain at all.
25:00Then I heard it.
25:03A wolf's howl split the air, deafening and close.
25:09Leah.
25:10Don't move.
25:12I'm coming down.
25:13Case's voice.
25:14He'd called me by my name.
25:17The first time.
25:19A strong arm came under me.
25:22He'd climbed down the cliff face.
25:24Wolf claws dug into the rock.
25:27He untied the rope from his own body and looped it around my waist.
25:31Then climbed down further and did the same for Martha.
25:35The people above pulled together.
25:37We came up one at a time.
25:40It wasn't a hallucination.
25:42Case had saved us.
25:44He held me, brow creased.
25:48Why is there so much blood?
25:51Martha clutched her face.
25:53She shielded me when we jumped.
25:56I didn't get a scratch.
25:58It's all hers.
26:01My eyelids felt like lead.
26:03Leah.
26:05Don't sleep.
26:06I'm taking you to Ella.
26:08He lifted me into the car and I stayed curled against his chest.
26:12His forehead was damp with sweat.
26:15He kept one hand on the wheel and kept talking.
26:18Leah.
26:18Leah.
26:19Leah.
26:20Stay awake.
26:22I'll get you chestnut cake.
26:23I'll give you all the jewelry you want to sell.
26:26You don't have to wait for me to die.
26:27I'll write the bond release today.
26:29You can leave whenever you want.
26:31My chest kept clenching.
26:33Something wet hit my face.
26:35I looked up at the sky through the windshield.
26:38It wasn't raining.
26:40Then everything went black.
26:41When I opened my eyes, every part of my body felt like it had been taken apart and put back
26:45wrong.
26:46My Luna.
26:47The pack healer said you can't move yet.
26:49Ivy pressed a bowl of medicine to my lips, spooning it in slowly.
26:53You're lucky nothing's broken.
26:55Her voice was steady, but her eyes were red.
26:57The scrapes were bad.
26:58You need to stay flat or they'll scar.
27:01Your shoulder was dislocated too.
27:03She kept talking.
27:03My eyes had already drifted to the door.
27:06After I finished the medicine, I asked.
27:09Where's Case?
27:10Investigating.
27:11Someone poisoned the driver with wolf bite and cut the brake lines.
27:13It was deliberate.
27:14Who would be bold enough to target the Alpha's family directly?
27:17I was flat on my back for a full month.
27:19I didn't see Case once.
27:21Martha kept her door shut too, still recovering from the shock.
27:24Everyone in the estate moved with tight faces and clipped voices, like something was being held just below the surface.
27:30I asked Ivy.
27:32She said nothing was wrong.
27:34Today, I was finally cleared to get out of bed.
27:36I opened my door and walked straight into a familiar figure.
27:39Case.
27:40Dark tactical shirt.
27:41Sharper than I remembered.
27:43He held out a small wooden box.
27:45I took it and lifted the lid.
27:47A land deed.
27:48A property contract.
27:49A severance letter.
27:51My body went rigid.
27:52Something locked around my chest and wouldn't let go.
27:55Case.
27:56Are you throwing me out?
27:58You've been waiting for this since the day you arrived.
28:00You avoided me, stayed out of my way.
28:02You never wanted anything to do with me.
28:04You were counting down the days until I died so you could walk out cleanly.
28:08I'm just doing it early.
28:10Leah, go.
28:11After today, we're finished.
28:13Something sharp flooded my chest.
28:15My mouth opened and closed.
28:17It took a long time to get anything out.
28:21So that's what you think of me.
28:25Leave now.
28:26I don't want to see you anymore.
28:28Case disappeared around the corner of the yard.
28:31Estate guards all but pushed me out the door.
28:33Ivy fell in to step beside me and the Alpha said you're used to having me around.
28:37He told me to go with you.
28:40I couldn't speak.
28:45We moved into a small house on the edge of the territory.
28:48By morning, the pack's official announcement had gone up.
28:52The announcement said Case had betrayed the pack.
28:54The announcement said he had betrayed the pack.
28:56That he had leaked the Border Patrol routes to a rogue faction.
29:00By order of the Lycan King, royal enforcers had been dispatched to seize him, pending investigation.
29:07Case was being held in the dungeons under royal guard.
29:10The estate was locked down.
29:12Everyone inside was under scrutiny.
29:15Case would never betray his pack.
29:17He would die before he did something like that.
29:20He rushed to get me out.
29:21That was why.
29:22That was the only reason.
29:25Ivy was pacing circles around the living room.
29:27She'd grown up inside the estate.
29:29She couldn't stand still.
29:31Is there anything we can do?
29:33I made myself sit down and think.
29:36Years ago, Elder Reed's youngest child had gotten lost in the forest and been bitten by a snake.
29:41I'd found him and used the right herbs to treat the wound.
29:45Elder Reed had arrived while I was still crouched over the boy.
29:48He'd seen my face.
29:49I was sure he hadn't forgotten.
29:52I tracked him down outside the council building and stepped into his path.
29:55Elder Reed.
29:56You remember me.
29:58I need a favor.
29:59He looked at me for a long moment.
30:01Then he nodded.
30:03Elder Reed led me into the dungeon.
30:04Thirty minutes.
30:05No more.
30:06The door on the front.
30:07Case stood up.
30:08His eyes flashed with surprise.
30:10How did you get in?
30:11My chest ached as I looked at him through the blur of tears.
30:14That's why you kicked me out, isn't it?
30:16You were framed.
30:18Think carefully.
30:19Is there any evidence to prove your innocence?
30:21I will find it.
30:22I will investigate.
30:24I swear I will rescue you.
30:26Case's gaze deepened.
30:27Then his arm shot out and pulled me into his chest.
30:29Leah.
30:31My heart hammered.
30:32But time was running out.
30:34This wasn't the moment.
30:35I pushed against him.
30:37He didn't budge.
30:38Leah, you don't need to do anything.
30:39I can't say much.
30:42I promise.
30:44Seven days later, I will accompany you to watch the sunrise.
30:47Okay?
30:49His eyes were steady.
30:50Certain.
30:51Like he was coaxing a frightened pup.
30:54I walked out of the dungeon and straight into Brad.
31:00He stepped into my path.
31:02Slow smile spreading across his face.
31:03It's not too late to reconsider.
31:06Being my mistress beats being alone and disgraced.
31:09I swung my hand and slapped him across the face.
31:12He lunged for me.
31:13I stepped sideways and put distance between us.
31:15Try that again and every note you sent me ends up in front of Chloe's father.
31:19Every single one.
31:20You've been whispering in her ear for years, haven't you?
31:23Trying to get me pushed out, thinking I'd have nowhere to go and no choice but to run to you.
31:26But you never counted on Chloe handing me straight to Case.
31:29A man you can't touch.
31:31His face changed.
31:32I didn't wait for him to recover.
31:33I walked away and didn't look back.
31:35A wolf like that.
31:36The further the better.
31:37I didn't sleep well for the next five days.
31:40Case's voice kept coming back to me.
31:42I promise.
31:44Seven days later I will accompany you to watch the sunrise.
31:46Okay?
31:47On the afternoon of the sixth day, the Lichen King's official decree went up across the territory.
31:52The leak hadn't come from Case.
31:54It had come from Prince Marcus and his allies.
31:57The truth is finally revealed.
32:01The Lichen King had not yet named his heir.
32:03Both Prince Caden and Prince Marcus were in the running.
32:06Case was Prince Caden's most powerful ally.
32:08The alpha who commanded the most powerful pack.
32:10Taking Case down was the cleanest way to clear the path to the throne.
32:13Prince Marcus had planted a spy inside the Blackwood Pack.
32:16Used him to steal the border patrol routes.
32:18Then framed Case for it.
32:19So the injury had been faked.
32:21All of it.
32:22A deliberate trap to draw out the spy.
32:24But why fake being unable to mate?
32:26I turned that over in my mind all night and couldn't land on an answer.
32:29Dawn was just breaking when someone knocked at the door.
32:32I didn't think.
32:33I just ran.
32:33I threw the door open and walked straight into Case's chest.
32:36He went completely still.
32:37Then his arms came around me, slow and deliberate, and pulled me in hard.
32:41I'd run out in nothing but a thin sleep shirt.
32:44No warning.
32:45Through the thin fabric I could feel everything.
32:47The hard muscle of his chest.
32:49His arms locked tight around me.
32:51I pressed my hands against his chest and tried to step back.
32:53Leah.
32:54His voice dropped low.
32:56I'm back.
32:57Our eyes locked.
32:58The heat between us was thick enough to touch.
33:00Then he lifted me off the ground and carried me straight toward the bedroom.
33:03I beat a fist against his chest.
33:05Weren't we supposed to watch the sunrise?
33:09You first.
33:10Sunrise after.
33:12We fell onto the bed together.
33:16Case pinned me beneath him.
33:18One hand working the buttons of my sleep shirt open.
33:20Eyes never leaving mine.
33:22I covered his eyes with both hands.
33:24Don't look.
33:25It's embarrassing.
33:26He took my hands down.
33:28His breathing had gone ragged.
33:30It's beautiful.
33:32His eyes were bright and fixed.
33:34My skin went hot everywhere he touched.
33:35I pressed my palm flat against his chest.
33:38Hard muscle.
33:39Warm skin.
33:40Healer said you couldn't get hard.
33:41How is any of this possible?
33:43Lips dragging slowly along my jaw to my ear.
33:45You want to know if I can?
33:47There's one way to find out.
33:49He kissed me.
33:49One hand cupping my face.
33:51Tilting it up toward him.
33:53I kissed him back hard.
33:54My hands slid up his chest.
33:56Over his shoulders.
33:58Gripping his arms.
33:59He pressed me further into the mattress.
34:01His weight settling over me.
34:03The heat built fast and took over completely.
34:06My hands went slack.
34:07He caught them.
34:09Laced his fingers through mine.
34:10And pinned them above my head.
34:12He loves me very much.
34:13And completely occupies me.
34:15My face gradually became rosy.
34:18And we could only hear each other's heartbeats and breathing.
34:21His lips dragged from my mouth to my jaw.
34:24Down the side of my neck.
34:26Slow and unhurried.
34:27Then he stopped.
34:29His canines pierced my mating gland.
34:31A second of sharp, white-hot pain.
34:33And then it was done.
34:35I lay there, chest heaving.
34:37Fingers still tangled in his.
34:39On my neck, his mark ached.
34:41Finally, we weren't just mates on paper anymore.
34:45After the estate lockdown was lifted,
34:47Case took me to meet Prince Caden.
34:49A slow smile spreading across his face.
34:51So you're the woman who brought Case to his knees.
34:53I've been wanting to meet you.
34:56You flatter me, your highness.
34:57Case helped the kingdom take down a real threat.
34:59You stood by him through all of it.
35:01I'll host an official Luna ceremony for you.
35:03And when that day comes, I'll have a gift ready.
35:06Thank you, your highness.
35:07Don't blame Case, Leah.
35:09Leah, faking the injury was always part of the plan.
35:15Too many enemies wanted him dead.
35:17The only way to keep him safe was to make them think he was already finished.
35:21The part about not being able to get hard, that was my idea.
35:24I gave the pack doctor that order for myself.
35:28We grew up together.
35:30I know exactly how he is.
35:32Never any interest in women.
35:34Never any weakness.
35:35I figured it was time someone did something about that.
35:37Suddenly, I understood.
35:39Just two old friends and one very elaborate prank.
35:42The car accident.
35:43That was Prince Marcus as well.
35:45They intended it to look like an accident.
35:47They didn't expect to hurt you in the process.
35:50Luna, Leah, it's been dealt with.
35:52You and Case are safe now.
35:58I took a slow breath.
36:00Knowing it was over didn't make the memory of dangling off that cliff any less vivid.
36:04We got back to the estate to find Chloe already inside, crying.
36:07She walked an hour ago and hasn't stopped.
36:10Martha is getting a headache from it.
36:11I told Case to go to his study.
36:13I'd handle it.
36:15I sat down next to Chloe.
36:17Face red, eyes swollen.
36:18Word had already spread.
36:20Brad had been identified as one of Prince Marcus' informants.
36:23Chloe's father had been cleared.
36:25But Chloe and Brad were finished.
36:27Still crying?
36:29I'll have someone throw you out.
36:30She stopped immediately.
36:32Still shaking, but quiet.
36:33I misjudged him.
36:35I thought picking someone from a lower-ranked family meant he'd be easy to manage.
36:40I didn't think he'd be like this.
36:42I told you he wasn't a good person.
36:45You didn't say it clearly enough.
36:46I rolled my eyes.
36:48I wasn't a powerless Omega anymore.
36:51I didn't have to hold back.
36:56Were you ever angry at me?
36:58For how I treated you back then?
37:01No.
37:01I cursed you in my head.
37:03But I don't hold grudges.
37:05You cursed me?
37:06Do you want to punish me for it?
37:08Chloe laughed despite herself, then caught herself and pressed her lips together.
37:11I'm sorry for the slap.
37:13Did it hurt?
37:14I already forgot about it.
37:15Then let me slap you back.
37:17We'll be even.
37:18She closed her eyes and braced herself.
37:20I raised my hand and let it land soft against her cheek.
37:24She opened her eyes.
37:28I already gave that slap to Brad.
37:30Chloe stared at me for a second.
37:31Then she laughed.
37:32Really laughed.
37:33For the first time since she'd walked in.
37:35Don't call me Chloe anymore.
37:36Can we be friends?
37:38No.
37:41I don't like friends who cry too much.
37:43The light was still on when I passed Case's study.
37:45I pushed the door open.
37:47Before I could say a word, an arm shot out from behind and wrapped around my waist.
37:51Bold intruder.
37:52His voice dropped low against my ear.
37:53You think you can just walk into the Alpha's office?
37:56The Alpha's mate is right here.
37:58And you still dare make a move?
38:00Case played it straight.
38:01His lips found my neck.
38:03Here?
38:04Really?
38:06Right here.
38:07I kept saying no.
38:08My hands said something else entirely, finding their way to his back.
38:12He murmured against my ear.
38:13You have no idea how many times I thought about this in this room.
38:18I wanted to say something back, but his hand was already moving and I couldn't get a single word out.
38:23He carried me to the table and took off my clothes.
38:26Then we had a good time.
38:34When I woke up, it was almost dawn.
38:36Case was already awake, sitting up against the headboard, watching me.
38:40His eyes were soft in a way that made it hard to look back.
38:43Morning.
38:43I sat up and rubbed my eyes.
38:46Then I remembered.
38:47The sunrise.
38:48He'd promised.
38:49The sunrise.
38:53We still have time.
38:55He was already up.
38:56He picked up my clothes from beside the bed, handing them to me.
38:59He dressed me slowly, straightening each layer with both hands, like he'd done it a thousand times before.
39:05We walked out into the yard.
39:06Cool air.
39:07The smell of pine.
39:08To the east, the sky had just started to lighten at the edges.
39:12Case stood behind me and wrapped both arms around me.
39:14We watched the horizon together.
39:16The sun came up slowly.
39:18Gold light broke across the trees, spread across the yard, and landed on us.
39:22The clouds caught the color and held it.
39:24Beautiful.
39:25Close to my ear.
39:28Beautiful.
39:29He pulled me in tighter and said nothing else.
39:31He didn't need to.
39:34I'll watch every sunrise and sunset with you.
39:36His voice was quiet against my hair.
39:38Every one.
39:39For as long as we have.
39:41I turned around and kissed him once, quick and light.
39:44Deal.
39:46The sun came up fully and the yard filled with light.
39:48Our shadows stretched long across the ground behind us.
39:51Over the next few days, the estate came back to life.
39:54Servants moved through the halls with easy steps again.
39:57Martha's health improved.
39:58She called me in to talk every morning, always smiling when I walked through the door.
40:02One afternoon, I was trimming the plants in the yard when Sonny came running over.
40:06Leah, Chloe is here again.
40:08She brought a lot of stuff with her.
40:10I set down my shears.
40:12Since the day she'd come in crying, Chloe had been showing up regularly.
40:15She said she was making up for lost time.
40:17Really, she just had nothing to do and nowhere to be.
40:22Let her in.
40:22I wiped my hands and went to meet her.
40:26Chloe walked in with two attendants behind her, carrying food boxes.
40:30She changed a lot.
40:31Less restless.
40:32She dressed simpler now and moved quieter.
40:42I made your favorite, chestnut cake.
40:45I asked the Royal Kitchen for the recipe this time.
40:48Better than anything the Blackwood Kitchen has ever made.
40:51I took a piece and bit into it.
40:53Sweet.
40:54Soft.
40:55Better than I expected.
40:57Good.
41:00So where's Case?
41:01Not home?
41:02He went to the pack training ground.
41:04Something came up.
41:06Chloe nodded and reached for a piece herself.
41:08For a while, neither of us said anything.
41:10Just the wind moving through the yard.
41:12My father wants me to find a new mate.
41:14I looked up.
41:15Don't rush for it.
41:17I know.
41:20After Brad, I don't know how to trust anyone.
41:23She looked at me.
41:23Something flickering in her eyes.
41:25You have a good mate.
41:28Case fights for you, protects you, and he's the strongest alpha in the kingdom.
41:33We just got lucky.
41:34You can't force these things.
41:35Chloe nodded and didn't say anything else.
41:38Just ate her chestnut cake.
41:39The yard went quiet.
41:41Just wind moving through the leaves.
41:43Then she said,
41:45That slap.
41:46Do you really not hold it against me?
41:49Really.
41:50It's in the past.
41:52No point bringing it up.
41:53The truth was, I'd already let it go a long time ago.
41:56She wasn't a bad person.
41:58Just spoiled.
41:59Used to getting her way.
42:00Chloe's eyes went red at the edges.
42:04When I arranged the mating,
42:05part of it was because I was scared you and Brad would find your way back to each other.
42:10But part of it was genuine.
42:12I really did think Case was a good man.
42:14That he wouldn't treat you badly.
42:15We looked at each other and smiled.
42:17All the conflicts were solved.
42:21I just didn't expect him to be faking the whole time.
42:25Chloe laughed, a little embarrassed.
42:26It's in the past.
42:29Isn't this better?
42:34It is.
42:35She nodded.
42:36Can we be friends?
42:37For real?
42:38I won't be like I was before.
42:43Sure.
42:43I nodded.
42:44Something warm moved through my chest.
42:46Letting go of old grudges and coming out the other side with a friend.
42:50That wasn't a bad ending.
42:51We sat in the yard for the rest of the afternoon.
42:53Eating and talking.
42:55Pack gossip.
42:56Small things.
42:57Nothing important.
42:58The sun came through the leaves and the air was warm and easy.
43:01When Case came back from the training grounds that evening and saw the two of us,
43:04surprise crossed his face.
43:06What are you two happy about?
43:08Talking about you.
43:10Chloe grinned.
43:11About what a liar you are.
43:13Faking the whole thing and fooling everyone.
43:16Case walked over and sat down beside me.
43:19He reached over and took my hand.
43:21Eyes warm.
43:22Tricking you into becoming my Luna?
43:24That's the luckiest thing I've ever done.
43:26My face went red.
43:27I gave him a look.
43:29Chloe burst out laughing.
43:30Alright, I'm leaving you two alone.
43:32Leah, I'll come by tomorrow.
43:33Sure.
43:34Take care.
43:35I watched her go.
43:36Case turned to me.
43:38Are you a good friend now?
43:40Yes.
43:41The past is the past.
43:43No point holding on to it.
43:44He squeezed my hand.
43:46I'm glad you can think that way.
43:48He knew how much I'd been through.
43:50Watching me let it go and just be happy.
43:52I could tell it meant something to him.
43:54We sat side by side at the stone table and looked out at the sky.
43:58Neither of us said much.
44:00We didn't need to.
44:01Days like this, quiet and unhurried, became the rhythm of our life.
44:06Case stayed busy with the pack and with royal matters.
44:09But he always made time.
44:12Sunrises, sunsets.
44:13He spoiled me until I didn't know what to do with it.
44:16Martha was healthy and smiling every day.
44:19The estate was calm and easy again.
44:21The way it used to be.
44:23True to his word, Prince Caden petitioned the Lichen King on my behalf.
44:27At my official Luna ceremony, the Lichen King's decree was read aloud.
44:31A formal commendation in front of the entire pack.
44:35The estate was lit up and full of noise that day.
44:38Case lifted the veil and placed it over my head himself.
44:41His eyes proud and soft.
44:43The most beautiful Luna.
44:44Then he shifted.
44:46Right there in front of everyone.
44:48His wolf was massive.
44:50Dark, broad-shouldered, still.
44:52He lowered himself to the ground and waited.
44:55I climbed onto his back.
44:57He rose slowly, carrying me steady, and lifted his head toward the moon.
45:01The howl that came out of him was long and deep and carried across the entire territory.
45:06One by one, the pack answered.
45:09Howl after howl, rising into the night sky.
45:13I thought about everything it had taken to get here.
45:15A bastard Omega with no wolf.
45:17No one to speak for her.
45:19Only I knew how hard the road had been.
45:21And all of it.
45:23Every bit of the happiness on the other side of it.
45:25Came from the man standing behind me.
45:27After the ceremony, Case took me south.
45:29Open land.
45:30Warm air.
45:31Water catching the afternoon light.
45:33Far from everything that had tried to take us down.
45:36The rest of our lives stretched out ahead of us.
45:39Every year.
45:40Every season.
45:41Together.
45:43After the ceremony, life settled into a new rhythm.
45:46I stood beside Case at every pack meeting.
45:49Every decision.
45:50Every matter that came through the estate gates.
45:52His pack was my pack.
45:54His people were my people.
45:56But he always made time.
45:58A weekend drive with no destination.
46:00A trail through the forest at dawn.
46:03Wherever he thought I'd want to see, he took me there without being asked.
46:06The rest of our lives stretched out ahead of us.
46:09Every year.
46:11Every season.
46:12Together.
46:13Together.
46:13Each day.
46:13Each of them.
46:13opchant.
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