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00:02To let my mate focus on his position, I stayed behind in the old estate, caring for his ailing
00:06mother. In this 10 years, Kalen returned once a year. He never touched me. He said that if I were
00:12to carry a pup while he was away, there would be no one to look after me, and that would
00:16break his
00:16heart. Every time he left, he cursed himself for his failings, swore on the moon he would come for
00:21me once he had made something of himself. In the 11th winter, heavy snow blocked the roads. Kalen
00:27sent word that he would be delayed. I was about to bring the news to Lady Maren when I heard
00:31her
00:31speaking with my sister-in-law. Mother, you've been faking this illness for over 10 years. How much
00:37longer? What else can be done? Kalen's heart has always belonged to that sworn sister of his. They
00:41bonded in secret, behind the pack's back. Their pups are nearly grown. If we don't keep Elena here,
00:46she'll go to the city and destroy everything. Kalen's rank as Alpha of the Eastern Pack would
00:50be finished. Let it be. Keep quiet. Kalen said once his position is secure, he will make it right with
00:55Elena. My eyes burned. Kalen wasn't struggling. He was Alpha of the Eastern Pack, and he hadn't
01:01been keeping his distance to protect me. He had someone else. I went to the training grounds and
01:05found the low-ranking warrior who had watched me for years. Do you still want me as your mate?
01:11Elena, I will treat you well. Forgive me one month. I march out tonight. This time I'll return
01:16with a deed worth claiming you. I don't need glory. Just come back safe. I watched him leave,
01:24then walked home. The estate should have been dark. Mother, you should have gone to bed by now.
01:31A tall figure stood against the candlelight. A familiar voice cut through the wind and snow.
01:36Elena, I'm home.
01:40A year had passed. Kalen carried himself differently now, steadier, with the quiet authority that comes
01:47with rank. He opened his arms, waiting for me to go to him the way I always had. I didn't.
01:53You haven't eaten, have you? Let me make you something.
01:57What's wrong? A year apart and you're not glad to see me? Are you angry with me?
02:03Go sit with Mother. I'll call you when the food is ready.
02:05Before I'd learned the truth, I had missed him. Had been a little cross with him, too. No mate wants
02:10to be kept so far away, for so long. But once I understood everything, I stopped wanting anything.
02:15Things became simpler. Better to part quietly than to rage and stay. I remained silent and cooked in the
02:20kitchen. Kalen followed. Elena, what's happened? Have you heard something?
02:24Out here in the backwoods, we barely see a stranger from one season to the next. What would I have
02:28heard? Don't worry yourself, Kalen. Elena, I came back to bring you all to the city.
02:32But there's something I need to tell you first.
02:34My chest tightened. I already knew what was coming. After ten years, he had finally run out
02:39of patience. You must be Elena. I'm Sarith, Kalen's sworn sister and his mate.
02:47These are mine and Kalen's. Go on, call her Auntie Elena.
02:50Auntie Elena. Elena, let me explain.
02:55Elena, let me explain. I was ambushed by rogue wolves on the road to the city. Sarith saved my life.
03:00I only meant to take her in as a sworn sister, but she had no one, no pack, nowhere to
03:04go. I wanted to
03:04give her a home. It was gratitude, nothing more. If you're hurt, curse me, strike me, I'll bear it.
03:09I only ask that once you come to the city, you and she can find some people.
03:12Going to the city is a good thing. I'm not upset. Mother hasn't recovered in all this time. Perhaps
03:18the city healers will do what ours couldn't. Really? You forgive me? Elena, start packing tonight.
03:25We leave in two days and we'll make it back for Christmas.
03:29Mother doesn't have much. Packing her things won't take long. I'll sort her medicines for the road.
03:33You can all leave at first light. What do you mean? You're not coming with us?
03:40I met his gaze. My voice stayed level.
03:43Kaylin, if we leave for good, I need to settle the land and the estate first.
03:48Leaving it empty still means taxes to the pack. That's wasteful.
03:52Go ahead and take everyone home for Christmas. Once I've handled things here, I'll come to you in
03:58the spring. When I had first come to this estate, we lived in a borrowed den with walls that let
04:02the
04:02wind through, funding his studies, saving coin, until I had bought this house and these two fields.
04:08It had ended the family's hunger. It had given Kaylin a place to become what he was.
04:13Elena, I'm Alpha of the Eastern Pack now. Silver is not the problem. Give the land to whoever needs
04:17it. Save yourself the trouble. I earned it with my own hands. I'm not ready to let go.
04:24Trust me. Once it's done, I'll come to you. I won't be long.
04:28Kaylin hesitated. Kaylin, don't waver. The council's watching you.
04:31You leave her here and they dig into it and she says the wrong thing. Your seed is gone.
04:36I wasn't slow. I heard exactly what Kareth had just said. So it wasn't a change of heart that had
04:42brought Kaylin back. If the pack council confirmed it, they would report it to the High Alpha. The High
04:47Alpha was a man who mated once and meant it. If Kaylin wanted to keep his rank, the most important
04:53thing was keeping me quiet. It would be a lie to say that didn't hurt. 13 years. I had given
04:59this
04:59mating everything. Kaylin was pack-born but useless with his hands. Lady Marin was old and couldn't help.
05:04His brother was worse than useless. The whole family ran on my back. I never complained. I nursed
05:08Lady Marin. I had believed that kind of devotion would hold a mate for life. I had overestimated what I
05:13was worth to him. I finally understood what they say. A man who climbs always drops what carried
05:19him. I held back the burn in my eyes. Kept it from spilling. So that's what you're worried about.
05:26I can put it in writing. Whoever asks, I'll say I'm Kaylin's pack-sister, his adopted blood kin.
05:33Nothing more. Lady Marin and Kareth both stared. After a long silence, Kaylin said, half-believing,
05:40you would really do that for me? I smiled and nodded. For you, I would do anything. But to be
05:48safe, there's something you need to destroy first. Kaylin was cautious. What? I answered without
05:54flinching. The mating scroll. Yours and mine. Out here in the back territories, we hadn't stood on
06:02ceremony when we bonded. A mating scroll. A shared cup. That was all it had taken. No pack record.
06:09No council seal. So if the scroll was gone, I was no longer Kaylin's mate. I only had to wait
06:15for
06:15the warrior to come home. Then I could be claimed properly. I expected Kaylin to want this without
06:20hesitation. Instead, he went quiet. Elena, you once told me that scroll was the most precious thing
06:27you owned. You've given so much for this pack. For me, if you burned the last thing you held onto,
06:35how much would that cost you? Let's leave the scroll as it is. He had seen everything
07:04here. I have to let it go. Once you take me to the city properly, you can make me a
07:10new one.
07:11Wouldn't that be enough? She's right. Your position can't afford loose threads.
07:19Burn it. Elena has done this for you. Make it up to her later. Elena, hiding this from you,
07:28that was wrong. But trust me, I will make this right. Wait for me. I will come for you myself
07:36with the best claiming gifts I can find. I'll take you as Kaylin again, properly this time.
07:40In that moment, he looked entirely sincere. I chose not to believe it. I decided it was only
07:47something I was imagining. I lit both scrolls myself. The fire took them. That absurd mating,
07:53those wasted years. And with them, the last of what I had held onto for over a decade.
08:02After Kaylin had gone in with Kareth and the children,
08:04she dropped the act entirely and sank to her knees in front of me.
08:10Elena, I failed you. I hid it from you all these years.
08:18You must hate me. Her hair had gone fully white. She was crying without restraint.
08:23I couldn't bring myself to leave her there. I helped her up.
08:29Mother, I know you love your son too much. I don't blame you. The illness was a pretense,
08:36but your body has aught its real troubles. When you reach the city, listen to the healers.
08:43Elena, how can you be so good? When I'm gone, who will ever look after me the way you have?
08:51No matter what Kaylin does to you, I will always count you as my own daughter.
08:56I will never let anyone mistreat you.
09:00I understood her helplessness. I had never held it against her, but I was done trusting her too.
09:04She was still a mother. No matter what she said, her heart would always tilt toward her son.
09:09If the day came when she had to choose between Kaylin and me,
09:11she would choose him without a second thought. Mother, it's fine. Whoever Kaylin takes as his
09:16mate, she'll be half a daughter to you. You don't owe me anything.
09:23I had barely stepped out of Lady Marin's room when Kareth was waiting in the yard.
09:27Elena, don't take anything Kaylin says at face value. The truth is, he never rescued me.
09:33I had thought that Lady Marin's decade of deception and Kaylin's betrayal were already the worst of it.
09:38I was wrong. There was still more they had kept from me. Serith had never saved Kaylin's life. It was
09:43the other way around. Kaylin had seen her, wanted her, used the blood sister bond as a way in,
09:48and destroyed the claiming she already had. Calling her his rescuer was Kaylin's strategy.
09:53He knew I was soft, that I always repaid what was owed. He had spoken to Lady Marin first and
09:57built the
09:58story together. Something designed to make me accept it, to make me give in. So everything he
10:02said about claiming you properly, it's nothing. Go to the city and you'll be a lesser mate, that's all.
10:07Oh, and his mother. All that talk about treating you like a daughter, do you believe it? When it
10:12comes down to you or her own grandchildren, who do you think she picks? Are you done?
10:18The morning they left, I walked the family to the edge of the settlement. I unclassed the only thing
10:23of value I still wore, the Luna Elder's silver clasp, and placed it in Serith's hand. That's
10:27yours, Elena. Keep it. I shook my head and pinned it to Kareth's collar myself. I said,
10:33Everyone in the settlement knows this clasp is the Luna Elder's piece, passed to the
10:36mate of the pack's heir. If I keep wearing it, it draws questions. Better that Serith has it.
10:40Mother, Elena is right. When we're together again, I'll give it back. Elena, what I give you belongs to
10:44you. In my heart, you are the only true mate this family has had. When you come to the city,
10:49I will get it back for you. Foster brother, that pendant was my grandmother's. The only thing she
10:55left me. Could you return it? Elena, I'm not used to you calling me that. When there's no one
11:00listening, call me what you always have. Better to be careful. We can't hand anyone a thread to pull.
11:09Fine. Once I've claimed you properly, you can go back to it. Let me keep the pendant for now.
11:16It was your gift to me. It's what we have between us. I never understood that. He used to resent
11:21the
11:21pendant, said a grown male wearing something like that looked ridiculous. Now that I was willing to
11:25take it back, he had found reasons to keep it. Foster brother, Christmas is almost here. I'll be
11:29alone and I'd like something to hold on to. When I come to the city, I'll make you another.
11:35Kaylin gave it up without warmth, pressing the pendant and a folded stack of silver notes into my
11:39hands. At the last moment, he turned back. He gripped my hand once. Stay home and wait. When spring opens
11:45the
11:45roads, I'll come for you myself. There's one more thing I haven't told you yet. All right.
11:49I watched them go, then walked back inside. I reached to the top of the cabinet and took
11:53down the pack I had already prepared. I left the silver notes on the table. Then I turned north
11:59and didn't look back. The warrior I had promised myself to was somewhere in that direction. I meant
12:04to be claimed before Kaylin ever came to collect me. When that day came, I would be someone else's.
12:09There would be nothing left to untangle, nothing left to demand of me. Winter roads are slow. I had
12:13little silver, and I was too careful with it to hire a cart. I walked when I could, stopped to
12:17take
12:18work in whatever town would have me, and moved on again when I'd saved enough. By the time the cold
12:22began to ease, I was close to the northern border. Elena, the border war is over. The northern campaign
12:27won. Once they process the captured forces, they'll be heading back through the territory. You'll see your
12:31promised mate before long. Your mate is a hero of this pack. Call it a gift from me. Hire a
12:35cart. Go meet him
12:36at the border city. Thank you. Hired a cart, and arrived before the soldiers did. With what little
12:41silver I had left, I found the city watch captain and pressed it into his hand. Captain, my promised
12:48mate's name is Aldrich. When he arrives, please tell him I'm waiting in the second house east of the city
12:54gate. You're Aldrich's promised mate? He smiled a little awkwardly. Keep it. Just put in a word for
13:04me if you ever get the chance. I had no idea what he meant. Aldrich was a low-ranking warrior.
13:09What
13:09good would a word from him do? The captain had probably mistaken him for someone else. Still,
13:13silver saved was silver saved. Waiting wasn't easy. I knew what Aldrich felt for me. He had shown it for
13:19years. But I had been made it before. I wasn't sure whether he had said yes out of true wanting,
13:24or out of something that would fade. Then again, I thought it through, and it settled. If he had changed
13:29his mind, I would manage on my own. I had two hands and enough stubbornness. I wouldn't starve.
13:34Once I was at peace with that, everything felt lighter.
13:38I started cutting fabric for a claiming dress. The best material I could find. Useful if things
13:43went well. A small pleasure for myself if they didn't. The first time I was claimed, there had
13:47been no wedding at all. The pack had nothing. No wedding dress. No feast. When I'd finally had
13:51coin to spare, the first thing I did was return two full jugs to that neighbor. She had held my
13:55hands and
13:55cried. Elena, a girl like you? Why did you stay in that pack? You've suffered so much.
13:59You're strong and you're lovely. You could have had an elder son and it wouldn't have
14:02been reaching. Why tie yourself to a scholar who can't lift his own pack and grind your life away?
14:06That's your bias speaking. I trust him. He won't fail me. You are such a fool.
14:11Now I understood. She was the one who had seen clearly. The day I slipped away from the settlement,
14:16I had nearly walked into Kaylin's sister-in-law.
14:20It was that neighbor who spotted her first. She held the woman back,
14:23then sent her husband to pass me word. Move. Now. Elena, that pack was never worthy of you.
14:30Go. Live freely. Stop letting them keep you caged. I'll deal with your sister-in-law.
14:37They won't know you're gone for a while. I never found out what she said to buy me the time,
14:42but it had worked. For an entire month, no one had come looking. People, though,
14:46have a way of undoing themselves. On the third day, a cart stopped outside my door.
14:51I thought it was Aldrich. I ran out. It wasn't. Kaylin stood there, dust on his shoulders.
14:56Elena. His voice worn down to gravel.
15:01Kaylin said, Elena, you have no idea how long I've been looking for you. He was across the yard
15:06in a few strides, his hand locking around my wrist hard enough to grind. Kaylin said, Elena,
15:11you promised me. Why did you leave? Why come all the way out here? I spent half a month preparing.
15:15I rode to the settlement myself to bring you home, and the house was empty. I said,
15:19do you know how frightened I was? I stopped pulling against his grip. Alpha Kaylin,
15:24why waste your concern on me? The mating scroll is ash. I'm not your pack anymore. Where I go,
15:29whether I live or die, none of that is your matter. Kaylin's jaw tightened. Elena, I know you're hurting,
15:35but this kind of recklessness doesn't suit you. You told me you would come to the city. You gave me
15:40your
15:40word. How can you break it like this? Something in me gave up trying to stay composed. I said,
15:45when we were claimed, you gave me your word too. You swore on the moon you would never take another
15:50mate. You broke that one first. So between the two of us, I'd say we're even.
15:58Kaylin saw that I meant it. His eyes went red at the edges. He pulled me close until there was
16:03almost
16:03no space between us. 13 years. You think that just cancels? Elena, I know I've wronged you.
16:10Let me make it right. Come back with me. I'll give you equal standing. You won't be beneath
16:15Kerith in anything. I promise. I couldn't stop a short, dry sound from escaping. Kaylin took it
16:21for pride over the title and frowned. Elena, equal standing is the best I can do right now.
16:26Cerith, what she did for me, what she did for you. Are you still going to use that story?
16:31I cut him off. Kaylin, your apology has no effort in it at all. Kaylin went still. His
16:37eyes shifted. What do you mean by that? I watched the change move across his face and
16:44I took it apart, piece by piece. Kerith already told me everything. There were no rogue wolves.
16:50There was no rescue. You saw her, wanted her, and used the sworn sister bond to get close.
16:55You destroyed the claiming she already had and took her for yourself, calling her your rescuer.
17:00That was cover. Nothing more. Kaylin's face went pale. He opened his mouth. Nothing came out.
17:05I was done wasting time. I moved to see him out. He found his voice. Elena, listen to me.
17:10Kerith is possessive. She said all of that to drive a wedge between us. You know how it is.
17:15No mate wants to share. I cut him off. I felt nothing in my chest anymore. It had all gone
17:20numb.
17:21You understand that. Which is why you kept me out here for ten years. Alone. While your mother
17:25faked an illness to hold me in place. Isn't that right?
17:31I said, if you care about her so much, stop chasing me. You'll hurt me and you'll hurt her.
17:36I wrenched my wrist free and stepped back. The Elena who existed before is gone. She died the
17:41day she found out the truth. Who I am now has no connection to you. To Kaylin. To your pack.
17:47Out of
17:47whatever feeling I once had, I won't say a single word against you. I'm only asking you to leave.
17:52My promised mate is returning with the army. I don't want him to misread this. Kaylin's spine
17:57went rigid. He looked up at me. He said, promised mate? Who? What's his name? I said, a low ranking
18:03warrior. No one you'd know. Please go. Kaylin's expression curdled. Elena, have you lost your mind?
18:10You'd pass up an alpha of the eastern pack for some common soldier with a border stipend?
18:18He said, he could be dead by next season. And even if he's not, what does he earn? You'd go
18:23back to
18:23going hungry. You're not young anymore. Do you really want that kind of life again? I looked at
18:29him steadily. I wasn't afraid of hardship when I chose you. I'm not afraid of it now. Don't speak
18:36about my promised mate like that. He may not have your rank, but what he feels for me is real.
18:42Unlike you. Kaylin opened his mouth and stopped. A long pause, then more controlled. Elena,
18:49you've misread all of this. I never stopped carrying you. He seemed to decide that words
18:53weren't enough and cut himself off. Come back with me. I'll show you. Give me the chance.
18:58The border campaign's war alpha, General Vane. He and I go back. I'll speak to him. As long as that
19:05warrior is reasonable, I'll find him a proper match myself. I'll cover the claiming gifts.
19:12I had always been slow to anger. This was one of the few times I wasn't.
19:18Staring at Kaylin, I struggled to contain my fury as I questioned him, asking if he had lost his mind.
19:24He didn't put it plainly, but I understood perfectly. He intended to use his status as
19:29the alpha of the Eastern Pack to pressure Aldrich into stepping aside. Aldrich was just a foot soldier,
19:34with no standing to resist an alpha of the Eastern Pack. In desperation, I grabbed the sword from Kaylin's
19:40side. I pressed the blade firmly against my own throat, warning him that if he dared to go near
19:45Aldrich, I would end my life right then and there. I told Kaylin that my life was not worth much,
19:53but if a pack alpha drove a free woman to her death, his own fate would not be better.
19:58Kaylin had always thought of me as cautious and someone who valued her own life. He had never
20:03imagined I would resort to threatening my own life. He froze instantly, his voice dropping low as he
20:09urged me to put down the sword, saying we could talk things through. I didn't move an inch, firmly
20:14telling him there was nothing to talk about. If he didn't want me dead, he had to write down his
20:18promise
20:18immediately. The promise was simple. From that day on, if anything happened to me or my betrothed,
20:26Aldrich, he would be held fully responsible. Kaylin had spent years in pack politics and would never
20:32willingly leave evidence that could be used against him, but as he looked at the sword pressed to my
20:36throat, his tone remained steady. He agreed to write it down, but said he had come in a hurry and
20:41had
20:42nothing to write with, asking me to go inside to find him ink and parchment. I didn't think ahead,
20:47turning toward the house at once. But the moment my back was to him, he moved. He snatched the sword
20:54from my hand, didn't even glance at me. He ordered his escort to hold me while he went to find
20:59General
20:59Vane. His men reacted quickly, seizing me before I could respond. I couldn't even utter a curse.
21:06Just then, a deep, calm, and resonant voice came from beyond the gate. The voice asked Alpha Kaylin why
21:13he was there, and mentioned that he had heard his name, wondering if something was wrong.
21:21I didn't recognize that voice, but moments later, I heard Kaylin's tone shift to one of deference
21:26as he greeted the man, addressing him as General Vane and saying what perfect timing his arrival was.
21:31He added that it was nothing urgent, just a small favor he wanted to ask of General Vane.
21:36Only then did I realize that the man before me was General Vane, the War Alpha of the Northern Territory.
21:43General Vane smiled and readily agreed to help, but asked Alpha Kaylin to wait a moment while he
21:47finished a piece of business first. Kaylin stepped back toward the gate quickly, respectfully saying he
21:52was willing to wait and telling General Vane to take his time. General Vane then dismounted from his
21:58horse and pointed directly at my door. He said that as it happened, his business was right there.
22:04Kaylin stopped abruptly, looking stunned. General Vane looked at him without further explanation,
22:10only stating that he had come to negotiate a claiming. Kaylin froze completely, unconsciously
22:16stepping in front of the gate. He tried to persuade General Vane, saying that his mate bond was well
22:21known, his children were nearly grown, and such a thing would be inappropriate. General Vane laughed
22:28heartily, shook his head, and told Kaylin he had misunderstood. This claiming was not for himself,
22:34but on behalf of his sworn son, who had been injured and couldn't come in person.
22:39I was just as confused as Kaylin, even starting to wonder if General Vane had come to the wrong house.
22:45General Vane himself looked a little uncertain as he walked past Kaylin into the yard.
22:49His escort, not wanting to get into trouble, let me go.
22:53Born in the north, General Vane was straightforward and didn't notice anything amiss. He looked
22:59straight at me and asked if I was Elena. I nodded slowly. He immediately looked satisfied,
23:05confirming he had come to the right place. He told me that his sworn son was my betrothed, Aldrich.
23:13Upon hearing General Vane's words, my thoughts went sideways. Aldrich was just a low-ranking
23:18soldier. How had he ended up as General Vane's sworn son? I rubbed the back of my neck and explained
23:24to
23:25General Vane that I thought there must be a mistake. My betrothed was indeed named Aldrich,
23:29but he could never be General Vane's sworn son. I even wondered if there might be two people with
23:35the same name. General Vane seemed less confident as he described his sworn son's features. Born in the
23:41eastern settlement of the Southern Territory, with a small mark near the corner of his left eye.
23:46He asked if these features matched my betrothed. He added that if it would help,
23:51he would have his sworn son carried over for me to confirm in person. I stopped him quickly,
23:56telling him there was no need, that every detail he described matched Aldrich perfectly.
24:01I begged him not to move the injured Aldrich, saying that since he was hurt,
24:05I would go to see him myself. With that, I walked toward the gate, distracted. But Kaylin,
24:11who had been silent for a long time, suddenly reached out and grabbed my arm, stopping me in my tracks.
24:19Kaylin stood in front of me, turning to General Vane and saying there was something he should know
24:24first. He told General Vane that I was his pack sister, that he had raised me, and that he had
24:30never heard me mention the name Aldrich once. He added that if Aldrich and I had made promises to
24:35each other without the family's knowledge, their bond could not be recognized. Then he lowered his
24:40voice, leaned close to me, and warned me not to say anything foolish. He said that Aldrich was now
24:47General Vane's sworn son, and if General Vane found out I had been mated before, I would not only lose
24:53this claiming, but also ruin Aldrich's reputation. Those words hit home. Aldrich had only just found
25:00his footing in the north. If I cost him everything because of my past, I would never forgive myself.
25:05I was still trying to figure out how to respond, when General Vane's expression shifted. He told Kaylin
25:11firmly that his approval no longer mattered, because it was not I who had come to them, but they who
25:16had
25:16sought me out. General Vane then spoke of Aldrich's deeds, saying that in this campaign,
25:22Aldrich had charged into the thickest of the fighting. He had taken out the enemy's left
25:27flank and brought back the enemy commander's banner, earning the first honor of the war.
25:31Yet he had refused all rewards from the High Alpha, every single coin. Instead,
25:37he used his achievement to petition the Moon Council for a decree, a recognized claiming with me.
25:44General Vane finally warned Kaylin that if his family dared to object,
25:48they would be opposing the High Alpha's own ruling.
25:51I stood there for a long time, never having imagined that Aldrich would fight so fiercely for me.
25:57and WABS
25:59and WABS
25:59and WABS
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